Category Archives: Reboots and Remakes

Box Office: Things & Dancing Can’t Beat Boxing Robots

Posted on October 17, 2011 by The Flickcast

For those who thought this weekend would be a relapse into the mid 1980s with the Footloose remake and reboot/prequel of The Thing, they should have taken into account how awesome gigantic, fighting robots are. That’s right, after receiving mixed … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Box Office, Movies, News, Reboots and Remakes, Sci-Fi | Tagged Evangeline Lilly, Footloose, Hugh Jackman, Paranormal Activity 3, Real Steel, Robots, The Big Year, The Thing, Wolverine | Comments Off

Indonesian Action Flick ‘The Raid’ Already Being Eyed For A Remake

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Matt Raub

Less than a week ago, we brought you a brand new trailer for an action-packed film out of Indonesia called The Raid about a SWAT group that has to make their way to the top of a crime-riddled apartment building. … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Foreign Films, Movies, News, Reboots and Remakes, Screen Gems | Tagged cannes film festival, Indonesia, Old Boy, Remakes, Screen Gems, The Raid, TIFF, Tonronto International Film Festival | 3 Comments

Red Band Trailer for ‘The Thing’ Will Make You To Forget the Original

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Matt Raub

Remakes get a bad reputation in the fan community. Mostly for good reason, but a few bad eggs like Gulliver’s Travels or The Honeymooners ruin the concept for the whole group, which is just unfortunate. These days, a few remakes … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Horror, Movies, News, Reboots and Remakes, Sci-Fi, Trailers, Video | Tagged Joel Edgerton, John Carpenter, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Prequel, Reboot, Remakes, The Thing | 1 Comment

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is the One for ‘Highlander’ Reboot

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

You know how we generally feel about reboots and remakes around here. I’ll spare you the long version and just say we’re not usually a fan of them. Naturally, when we heard about a remake of the semi-classsic 1986 sci-fi … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, News, Reboots and Remakes | Tagged Connor MacLeod, Highlander, Juan Carlos Fresanadillo, Movies, TV | Comments Off

Josh Brolin to Star in Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Remake

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Matt Raub

Nine out of ten times, when we hear about a foreign film being remade for American audiences, we here at The Flickcast are the first to agree that it will likely be terrible, and won’t do the original any justice. … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Announcements, Casting, Drama, Foreign Films, Movies, News, Reboots and Remakes | Tagged 40 Acres & A Mule, Doug Davison, Jonah Hex, Josh Brolin, Mandate Pictures, Oldboy, Spike Lee, Vertigo Entertainment | Comments Off

Bradley Cooper Pulls Out of ‘The Crow’ Reboot, Studio Scrambles to Find Replacement

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Joe Gillis

Things seemed to be going well for the upcoming reboot of the penultimate 1990’s goth film The Crow. The studio managed to lock down hot screenwriter Alex Tse (Watchmen) to pen the script, and 28 Weeks Later’s Juan Carlos Fresnadillo signed … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Announcements, Casting, Comics, Drama, Movies, News, Reboots and Remakes | Tagged Alex Tse, Bradley Cooper, David O Russell, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Relativity Media, The Crow | 1 Comment

‘Tales From The Crypt’ Creeping its Way Back To Television With a Reboot

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Sebastian Suchecki

Tales from the Crypt, the campy-yet-excellent horror staple of the early 90s television, is back in news as producers are hoping to reignite that spark once again with a modern reboot. After 15 years of being off the small screen, … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Comedy, Horror, Movies, News, Reboots and Remakes, Sci-Fi, TV | Tagged Andrew Cosby, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Benicio Del Toro, Bob Hoskins, Brad Pitt, Brooke Sheilds, Dan Aykroyd, Demi Moore, ewan mcgregor, Gil Adler, Hank Azaria, HBO, Joe Pesci, Kirk Douglas, Malcom McDowell, Martin Sheen, richard donner, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Buscemi, Tales from the Crypt, Teri Hatcher, The Crypt-Keeper, The Vault Keeper, Tim Curry, Tobe Hoober, Tom Hanks, Walter Hill, Whoopi Goldberg, William Friedkin | 1 Comment

Brand New Images for Sony’s ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Hit the Web

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Matt Raub

Reboots are all the rage these days. Ever since Chris Nolan and David Goyer rebooted the Batman franchise 8 years after we got the first taste of rubber nipples, studios have been all about rebooting series that have either run … Continue reading →