The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Who remembers Edward Burns' breakout movie The Brothers McMullen? (Who remembers Edward Burns?)

Objectionamundo-point five. While not denying my deliberate old-poop status, some of us (okay, me) remember colorized silent Shakespeare shorts from the late 1890s....and those few which are left are surprisingly high-quality for their time.

On the other hand, I find it more difficult now to keep up to strict date with many of today's seemingly interchangeable supporting players and certain leads. Many of them seem to land a role in a controversial drama and then go straight to generic franchise roles.

 

[Captaindemotion]

This is wild, if true. Poker Face looks set to be cancelled but Rian Johnson is trying to reboot it or relaunch it but with Peter Dinklage in the lead. Presumably as a new character and not a recast, you say?! Er, no, looks like he envisages Charlie as being a character like Doctor Who and can change shape every few years. https://deadline.com/2025/11/peacock-ends-poker-face-3-rian-johnson-shops-peter-dinklage-1236616464/

 

[Aragorn]

"Sharknado Origins" goes into production later this year.

 

[Nerys Myk]

"Sharknado Origins" goes into production later this year.

Isn't it just sharks in a tornado?

 

[The Salt Umpire]

Isn't it just sharks in a tornado?

Baby sharks caught in a small waterspout that all grew after it blew onshore?

 

[Jayson1]

When we going to get the spin-off franchise? Piranhanami. At tsunami hits LA and it's filled with killer piranha. David Hasselholf as himself must save the various C-level Hollywood stars they can get from being killed by the killer piranhas .

 

[Owain Taggart]

^Might as well go ahead and turn it into a musical.

And then how about Sharknado on Ice, coming to an arena near you!

 

[tharpdevenport]

^Might as well go ahead and turn it into a musical.

And then how about Sharknado on Ice, coming to an arena near you!

Set in quasi slow motion, to the ice skating music from the Charlie Brown Christmas special.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

On the other hand, I find it more difficult now to keep up to strict date with many of today's seemingly interchangeable supporting players and certain leads.

Quite so. Now that I've just seen EDDINGTON's closing credits on HBO, I can tell myself that's Joaquin Phoenix, NOT Ethan Hawke.

 

[Marc]

^Might as well go ahead and turn it into a musical.

And then how about Sharknado on Ice, coming to an arena near you!

People have been fed to a Klingon's pet targ for less obnoxious ideas

 

[Owain Taggart]

People have been fed to a Klingon's pet targ for less obnoxious ideas

Yeah, quite possibly a jump-the-shark moment

 

[oktay]

James Cameron has "sworn a blood oath" with Robert Rodriguez to make Alita 2

The Avatar director delivers a promising update on his manga adaptation. Read more at Empire.

www.empireonline.com

“I appreciate the loyalty of the Alita fans,” Cameron told Empire in a brand new interview, answering your reader questions. And he has good news for that loyal throng. “Robert Rodriguez and I have sworn a blood oath to do at least one more Alita movie. In fact, we’re thinking of an architecture that bridges to a third film, but we’ll be satisfied if we can make one more. And we’re making progress on that.”


Safe to say, Cameron has been busy busy busy on Pandora for years now – but it really does sound like more Alita is on the way. “Now that I have a home in Austin, Texas, about three miles from [Robert’s] place, I think we’ll probably get more serious about that as soon as I wrap the mix here in a few weeks,” he says. Who’s ready for another round of Motorball?

 

[Set Harth]

 

[Neb Lleb]

I know, right? But it's okay, since Alita: Battle Angel is meant to be one of the better western films based on a Japanese property.

 

[tharpdevenport]

ATTN: JAMES CAMERON:


Not everything needs to be a trilogy.

Right, so, stop that.

 

[Set Harth]

It's not like the first movie even came close to finishing the story.

 

[tharpdevenport]

It's not like there haven't been unfinished film trilogies before.

 

[Jayson1]

I would like a Alita sequel. I feel like their is more story left to tell with that character.

 

[oktay]

ATTN: JAMES CAMERON:


Not everything needs to be a trilogy.

Right, so, stop that.

There are a lot of people who want sequels. If James Cameron wants it too, why not? He could also make a three-season TV series instead of sequels.

 

[Nerys Myk]

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