Remakes & Reboots: Upcoming Movies You’ve Seen Before
Sony’s production of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has once again raised the debate about Hollywood’s current fixation on tried-and-true brand names serving as cinematic tentpoles. Movie remakes and reboots are reviled now more than ever – but is all the hate justified?
In our list we look at over 30 upcoming movies that will be covering some familiar ground, letting you know who is involved, what our take on it is, and how the project should be labeled:
- Remake – Recreating a previously released film.
- Reboot – Doing a “fresh start” re-launch of a previously established franchise or character.
- Reinterpretation – Creating a unique new cinematic vision of literary source material.
Our list consists of films currently in production or confirmed for production, in order of their release dates.
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