The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread
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My guess is contractual obligations. Studios will often sign multiple movie deals with directors. And much easier to make something with an active IP than it is to start a new one or deal with an inactive IP. They already have everything in place due to the last one. So by letting him make another sequel, they fulfill part of their obligations with him.
They're now called tax writeoffs!
But yeah, now instead of pilots, they seem to make entire seasons before they know shows will be a success.
Unrelated, but Netflix just got updated on my end to the new UI and oh god, it's a horrible mess. I thought the previous version was bad, but this takes the cake. It feels slower and harder to find what you're looking for. The current selection takes up a huge portion of the screen while you're trying to browse.
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For old shows a much easier and cheaper way to gauge interest is to look online. I don't think producing a one off special would tell them much more because even if the ratings are through the roof that still won't guarantee a continuing show would have similar success. A special is a one time event and people are more likely to turn on their tv once for that than they are doing it regularly.
Even in the old days they went into production before they knew if the show would be a success and were usually 6 weeks ahead of airing. With how short seasons are these days that's almost the entire season anyway and for effects heavy shows with a long post production there's pretty much no way to air episodes before the entire season is finished.
Another live-action remake of an animated classic doesn’t seem to be going ahead:
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Disney's Live-Action Remake of 'The Aristocats' Has Been Canceled
Disney's plans for a live-action remake of 'The Aristocats' directed by Questlove have been canceled. Here is the latest.
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Paramount pursing Call of Duty film rights.
AR Content has optioned the TV rights to John Shirley’s action-thriller eleven book series “The Specialist," which he wrote under the pen name John Cutter. The Stallone movie of the same name is very very very very very very loosely based on it.
A Robin Hood series comes to MGM+ in November with Sean Bean as the Sheriff of Nottingham:
AR Content has optioned the TV rights to John Shirley’s action-thriller eleven book series “The Specialist," which he wrote under the pen name John Cutter. The Stallone movie of the same name is very very very very very very loosely based on it.
A Robin Hood series comes to MGM+ in November with Sean Bean as the Sheriff of Nottingham:
While I wholehearted agree that it was unnecessary, at $460 million box office vs a $250 budget, it's considered a success and one of the biggest box office takes of 2024.
And yeah... While I thought it was ok, I see zero reason for a part 3.
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Probably not before getting greenlit via pilots. Pilots were once used to sell the ideas to the studio, and then the audiences. Sometimes if a pilot was bad enough, it'd never make it past the studio, ie the US remake of Red Dwarf for instance.
But will he live or die during the first season?
I appreciated the Russell Crowe version of the story for at least attempting something new.
"One does not simply steal from the rich and give to the poor."
IIRC there was supposed to be one a few years ago with Robin as the villain and the Sheriff as the hero. Christian Bale was to be Robin, leading to jokes that he would now have played Batman and Robin. I think this may have gradually transformed into the Ridley Scott/ Russell Crowe one.
Pretty sure Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer have just finished shooting one near Belfast (which sounds very like the Sean Connery Robin and Marian movie).
Pretty sure Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer have just finished shooting one near Belfast (which sounds very like the Sean Connery Robin and Marian movie).
Something like that, although I'm sure a production wouldn't be able to claim it's William Daniels, and there'd be clauses against such a thing as there'd be a legality behind such a claim.
It's the best one with David Chapelle. Fluently!Robin Hood: Men in Tights is the best Robin Hood movie of all time. You all know this is true!
Ok it's just a trailer but it seems to offer nothing we haven't seen before in a Robin Hood story, that was my point
But will the sheriff still be alive at the end of the season?
Right, and my point was that I think we’ve had enough retelling of any variation of that story to last the next several generations, and should probably be left alone for a while. A truly unnecessary remake/reboot of a very worn out IP.
To put it in perspective - The Twilight Zone's first Season had 36 episodes.
24 were in various stages of completion before the second episode, "One for the Angels", after the pilot had even aired.
"One for the Angels" was the second aired, but was the eight episode filmed.
The second episode filmed after the pilot, "The Lonely" aired tenth.
And yet it still had more of a unique flair to it than some other recent attempts. I think it's one of those movies that has aged better over time.
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