The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread
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Ah, hell, why not -- they're turned flimsy video games into films (Tetris anyone???), board games into films, movies about making cars, and a film about Pop Tarts.
From Deadpool v Wolverine to Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, a remake of the Clint Eastwood & Jeff Bridges comedy drama from the 1970s, for Ryan Reynolds:
Bridges in the Eastwood role?
Mark Wahlberg remaking the novel Headhunters for Apple (was originally turned into a 2011 Norwegian movie starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). Wahlberg must be loving the streaming era because he continues to get overpaid for bad streaming movies after everyone's stopped going to his theatrical movies.
Clint was 44 and Jeff 25 when the original was released. Reynolds is now 49, so I’d like to think he’s not too vain to know that he’s now age-appropriate for the older role, not the younger.
‘Call My Agent’ American Adaptation in Development at HBO From ‘The Other Two’ Co-Creator Sarah Schneider
An American version of "Call My Agent" is currently in development at HBO, Variety has learned.
variety.com
Wait. Warner Bros and Atomic Monster are already in the midst of another remake of The Mummy (this one being a full-on supernatural horror like the original 1932 film). Why are they doing this? There's nothing to gain from this since, again, we already have a new, supposedly more faithful retelling in the works and there's no need to continue the adventures of the 1999 cast since said film was open-and-shut and Returns wrapped up any and all loose ends, as demonstrated by Tomb of the Dragon Emperor's ditching of ties to the larger mythos and resulting failure.Wow, this is a surprise
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz Team with ‘Ready or Not’ Filmmakers for New ‘Mummy’ Movie
Radio Silence, the directing team known for the recent 'Scream' hits, will direct the feature for Universal.www.hollywoodreporter.com
But, then again... Dwayne Johnson is already returning to the 1999 continuity for producing a Scorpion King sequel, so why NOT also bring back Brendan and Rachel to further exploit it?
How many Chuck E. Cheese are left?
A quick look at their website shows that they only have nine locations left in Washington, and none in the Greater Puget Sound area.
I've never personally experienced any of those kinds of places, but I've heard about them a lot.
I'm struggling to remember if I've ever been to a Chuck E Cheese for any reason. There were always other pizza places that provided better food and service for parties.
I wonder how long we'll have to wait for the redo of Russell Crowe's NUREMBERG.
Starring Paul Mescal
The place in our immediate area was basically a knock-off.
They certainly never turned anything at Chuck E. Cheese into food.
They still show Saving Private Ryan every so often.
I always confuse him with Edward Norton.
For ages I thought he co-wrote The Wire until I realised it was an ex-cop of the same name.
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