The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread

[Captaindemotion]

Kenya Barris is to write & direct an updated reimagining of the Wizard of Oz. Of course, as this is for WB, as to whether it gets made or scrapped midway through production is anyone’s guess https://deadline.com/2022/08/wizard...bo-ink-society-producing-1235092446/#comments

 

[the G-man]

Ally McBeal is apparently being brought back, but as the mentor to a new, African American, female attorney. https://screenrant.com/ally-mcbeal-sequel-show-confirmed-black-female-lead/

Am I the only one thinking of “Uncle Brazzos” from “Only Murders in the Building” right now?

 

[Caretaker]

Paramount is developing a Ferris Bueller's Day Off spinoff film, Sam and Victor's Day Off (about the valets who took the Ferrari joy ride). On the upside, it is by the people behind Cobrai Kai, so maybe it will be good.

 

[Morpheus 02]

Paramount is developing a Ferris Bueller's Day Off spinoff film, Sam and Victor's Day Off (about the valets who took the Ferrari joy ride). On the upside, it is by the people behind Cobrai Kai, so maybe it will be good.

40 years later and one of the actors is dead????

Um. Mmmm.. ooooo kaaaaay

 

[Nerys Myk]

40 years later and one of the actors is dead????

Um. Mmmm.. ooooo kaaaaay

Takes place during the first film.

 

[valkyrie013]

Another Wizard of Oz? ...

Would only work if they stick to the books.. But I highly doubt they will.. It'll flop.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Ally McBeal is apparently being brought back, but as the mentor to a new, African American, female attorney.

Wasn't there already an Ally McBeal reboot that failed? It's hard to keep track of all these reboots these days seeing as there are so many of them.

Another Wizard of Oz? ...

Would only work if they stick to the books.. But I highly doubt they will.. It'll flop.

And? It's not like it hasn't seen its share of remakes. Even the 1939 movie wasn't the first. Personally, what I'd love to see on film is Gregory Maguire's take on the world, and not the musical that's loosely based on his work. His books were a fresh take on the world.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Or maybe a play about two minor characters from Hamlet?

 

[Aragorn]

The next Top Gun will be about the guy who kept spilling his coffee because of Maverick, and how the arrival of Starbucks gave him PSTD and turned him into a serial killer of anyone he saw enjoying coffee.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

And now Robert Wagner and O.J. Simpson have signed on for the STRANGERS ON A RAIN remake, with Faye Dunaway and Susan Blakely as their respective wives, plus Richard Chamberlain as the suspicious detective on the case. Robert Blake will cameo.

I...ALMOST fell for that.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I...ALMOST fell for that.

Saved by the delete button.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

I just saw a commercial for a stage adaptation/musical of 'Christmas Vacation' called 'The Griswold's Christmas Vacation' coming to Seattle.

 

[the G-man]

It's not like (the Wizard of Oz) hasn't seen its share of remakes. Even the 1939 movie wasn't the first. Personally, what I'd love to see on film is Gregory Maguire's take on the world, and not the musical that's loosely based on his work. His books were a fresh take on the world.

I think people are assuming, rightly or wrongly, that its going to be a remake of the MGM musical. If that were the case, I can see the doubt, insofar as I don't think anyone's going to top that cast singing those songs. But if its another version of the original story (which, as you point out, has been remade and reimagined many times over, sometimes [ex: the Wiz], pretty successfully) with a different take, I say why the heck not?

 

[Owain Taggart]

Which is ironic given the fact that the 1939 version was fairly unique in that it was a musical, as I don't think any prior version was. Heck, I don't even remember Return to Oz featuring any musical numbers. It was fairly dark and I remember it creeping me out as a kid. I think there have been more non-musical adaptations of the stories than there are. And I know I'm likely alone in this, but I quite liked Oz the great and powerful.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

To me, Oz will always be The Wiz.

And that weird-ass Super Friends episode where the Hall of Justice winds up in Oz.

I'm not sure which is stranger, to be honest.

 

[fireproof78]

How about a sitcom with Uncle Owen and the malfunctioning droid instead?

Absolutely.

Or Chuck Cunningham the forgotten bucko?

Could be interesting!

Or the Wierzbowski's ALIENS chronicles?

Why not?

Or the stunt doubles from SPACEBALLS?

Comedy gold right there.

How bereft can Hollywood be?

Been that way for nigh 50 years, at least.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Been that way for nigh 50 years, at least.[/QUOTE]
And the 50 before that.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

To me, Oz will always be The Wiz.

Looking who is behind that remake and the projects they've been involved with I think it may be closer to that than the classic MGM version.

And that weird-ass Super Friends episode where the Hall of Justice winds up in Oz.

I'm not sure which is stranger, to be honest.

OK, gotta look that up.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I've seem a few Oz homages over the years, but this one has always stuck in my brain

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

OK, gotta look that up.

Here you go.

Spoiler

Mxyzptlk is involved.