Akira
One of Hollywood’s most on and off projects, the current state of the live-action Akira remake is that it’s back in the works. Marco J. Ramirez, the showrunner for Season 2 of Netflix’s Daredevil show, has been hired to pen a screenplay.
The Batman
The big screen take on Batman was effectively rebooted in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, where Ben Affleck stepped into the cape and cowl. Beyond that, though, a fresh trilogy of Batman movies is apparently being planned, and the director of the last two Planet of the Apes films, Matt Reeves, will be steering the ship. Expect it in 2020 at the earliest. There’s the small matter of the Justice League movies to fit in too, after all…
Blade
According to the man himself, Wesley Snipes, Marvel Studios have held a few talks about rebooting Blade within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 
The Blob
Con Air director Simon West is promising to harness the power and potential of modern CG in his new take on The Blob.
Bloodsport
There’s going to be no Jean-Claude Van Damme in the announced remake of Bloodsport that’s currently in the works. Robert Mark Kamen, the co-writer of Taken 2, has been working on the script, and Phillip Noyce (Clear And Present Danger, Rabbit-Proof Fence) had, at one stage, signed on to direct the movie.
The Chronicles Of Narnia Netflix is rebooting ‘The Chronicles of Narnia
Netflix is taking a huge step into fantasy, after securing the rights to C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia.
Although full details of the project are yet to emerge, it’s believed that the streaming service will reboot the Disney films series of the early to mid-2000s – which offered a big screen take on books including The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and Voyage Of The Dawntreader.
Sony and Entertainment One are now backing The Chronicles Of Narnia series, taking over from 20th Century Fox. Mark Gordon is producing, along with Douglas Gresham (CS Lewis’ stepson), Vincent Sieber and Melvin Adams. David Magee will pen the script for The Silver Chair, which will reboot the franchise with a whole new cast.
heard much from the planned reboot of The Chronicles of Narnia, but director Joe Johnston is now teasing some very interesting details about The Silver Chair. The Silver Chair is expected to be released sometime in 2019.
Clue
The original Clue film was a comedic yarn that came out back in 1985, directed by Jonathan Lynn from a script based on a story idea that he came up with alongside John Landis.Another stab (or bludgeoning with lead piping) at the film is currently in development. Universal departed the project in 2011, but Hasbro has landed on its feet: 20th Century Fox is now attached instead.
The Craft
The popular 1990s teen thriller The Craft is getting the remake treatment, with Honeymoon director Leigh Janiak writing and directing the new film. Phil Graziadei is to co-write the script. None of the original team – writer/director Andrew Fleming, cast members Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True – are set to be involved, it seems.
The Crow
Corin Hardy was due to direct and Jason Momoa was due to star in The Crow Reborn. The film has been stuck in development hell for quite some time but was due to start shooting this month. However, Relativity – the studio producing it – just sold the rights to Davis Films, Highland Film Group, and Electric Shadow, so things are likely to have been heavily delayed.
Cube
The ingenious horror thriller Cube took a single location and really, really made it count. More than its sequel or prequel managed to, certainly. A new version is now on the way through, and it’s going by the name of Cubed. Saman Kesh is directing, whilst Philip Gawthorne has penned the new script.
Dune
The new version of Dune is definitely pressing ahead, and it’s landed its director – Denis Villeneuve, the man behind the camera on Arrival and Sicario. He’s just made a hell of a film with Blade Runner 2049, so we’re excited to see what he’ll do with Dune.
The Entity
Sidney Furie’s 1983 horror The Entity has landed on the desk of The Conjuring and Fast & Furious 7 director James Wan. He’s set to produce a new take on the project, with Chad and Carey Hayes writing the screenplay for the new version. No director has thus far been announced, though, but given how busy his schedule is, it won’t be Wan.
Firestarter
Stephen King’s 1980 novel Firestarter is going to be adapted as a feature film for the second time by Blumhouse, it’s been announced. The news was revealed by producer Jason Blum (Get Out, Split, The Purge) recently, and he’s hired A Winter’s Tale‘s Akiva Goldsman to direct.
The Fugitive
Yet Warner Bros. has put a new The Fugitive film into development. Anne and Arnold Kopelson, who directed the first film, are overseeing the new one. Christina Hodson has been hired to write the script for it, and the aim is to have the new The Fugitive in production in 2016.
The Green Hornet
Bruce Lee and Britt Reid brought the radio series The Green Hornet to the small screen back in the sixties. Seth Rogen and Jay Chou attempted a comedy-action big screen reboot in 2011. And now, we’ll get another remake. Gavin O’Connor of the Ben Affleck flick The Accountant will direct a grittier version, from a script by Sean O’Keefe of the videogames Lair and Pursuit Force. No cast attached yet.
Hellraiser
Hellraiser: Judgment is written and directed by Gary J. Tunnicliffe, who has done all the make-up effects in the Hellraiser films since the third one. It stars Paul T. Taylor and Heather Langenkamp. It’ll be the tenth film in the Hellraiser film series, and it looks like it’ll be going straight to DVD.
Highlander
Rebooting a film with a tagline “there can be only one” positively invites the world to chortle when a fresh take on the material is announced. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan is the director of this one (Justin Lin and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo had previously been attached). Ryan Reynolds, originally mooted as the new Connor MacLeod, is no longer on board, though. Dave Bautista is set to play the role taken by Clancy Brown – The Kurgan – in the original film. Production was expected to start before the end of 2015, with a 2016 release, but that obviously didn’t happen.
The Howling
Joe Dante’s 1981 werewolf movie was based on the novels by Gary Brandner, and the rights have now been picked up by Emaju Entertainment. Emaju, in turn, is pursuing a remake, although no writer or director is thus far attached.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Oculus director Mike Flanagan is working on a remake of I Know What You Did Last Summer, the successful 1997 franchise-spawner. It was loosely based on Lois Duncan’s 1973 novel of the same name, and Flanagan will be going back to that for the screenplay of this new version. Flanagan is also set to direct.
Inspector Gadget
The LEGO Movie producer Dan Lin has a new take on Inspector Gadget sitting on his slate. It’s fair to say that neither Matthew Broderick nor Rupert Everett will be getting a phone call about it, though.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
A(nother) remake of the science fiction staple Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is in development at Warner Bros, and David Leslie Johnson will pen the script. Johnson has had success writing The Conjuring 2 for the studio in the past.
The Invisible Man
For a while, it looked like the producers behind the Divergent movies were developing a new movie take on H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man. Lucy Fisher and Doug Wick were attached to produce it for Red Wagon Entertainment, and Sony was known to be backing the project.
However, things look to have changed. Universal is now pushing ahead with their own big screen The Invisible Man reboot, as part of their in-development monster-based shared cinematic universe. Johnny Depp is said to be starring. Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan will produce.
Jacob’s Ladder
Adrian Lyne’s 1991 psychological thriller, starring Tim Robbins, is set to be brought back to the screen by The Perfect Guy director David Rosenthal. Jeff Buhley and Sarah Thorp have worked on the script.
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Now here’s a reboot we can get behind. The first film of Kevin O’Neill and Alan Moore’s The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman remains most known for the fallout between star Sean Connery and director Stephen Norrington. Connery hasn’t acted since, and Norrington hasn’t directed.
The Legend Of Conan
It’ll be interesting to see where the disappointing box office returns of Terminator: Genisys leave the plans for the latest Arnold Schwarzenegger franchise resurrection. This one’s going to unboot the reboot, if that makes any sense. Thus, it’ll pick up the story of Arnie’s Conan, but now a much older man.The Legend Of Conan is being written by regular Fast & Furious scribe Chris Morgan. It will utterly ignore the Jason Momoa film. It’s just a case now of finding out whether it’ll get the green light or not.
The Little Mermaid
Hamilton writer Lin-Manuel Miranda is teaming up with Disney and Alan Menken – who won an Oscar for his music to the original The Little Mermaid film – for the new live-action telling of the story. New songs are expected to mingle with the classics. No word yet on who’s directing.
Little Shop Of Horrors
Greg Berlanti is determined to remain the busiest man in Hollywood, it seems. Aside from serving as executive producer on all four of the CW superhero shows, he’s also got Riverdale, and there’s still Blindspot on NBC, but Berlanti has been flirting with the big screen lately, notably with plans to direct a remake of Little Shop Of Horrors.
Masters Of The Universe
He-Man has been mooted for a big screen return for a while now. Thus far, the likes of Terry Rossio (Pirates Of The Caribbean) and Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2) have lined up to take a pass at the script. The latest is that Christopher Yost, best known for Thor: The Dark World – and currently co-writing Thor: Ragnarok – has been hired for the project. No new director has been confirmed yet, though.
Memento
The film that launched Christopher Nolan’s career – Memento – is getting remade. Seemingly, the mighty Mr. Nolan is not involved at all. It’s fair to say that the groundswell of online commenters, when this news was announced, wasn’t very pleased.
It’s AMBI Pictures who are bankrolling the remake, and they have also bought the rights to Cruel Intentions, I Heart Huckabees, The Passion Of The Christ, Rush, Robot & Frank and Donnie Darko. At the moment, though, Memento seems to be their top priority.
Mortal Kombat
New Line continues with its plan to reboot the Mortal Kombat movies, and it’s recruited James Wan – director of The Conjuring and Fast & Furious 7 – to produce the new movie.Oren Uziel and Dave Callaham are working on the screenplay for the film. It’s unclear if Kevin Tancharoen is still involved, though. He directed Glee 3D, but it’s more the fact that he also made the popular Internet short Mortal Kombat: Rebirth that had once landed him the job. No timescales for this one yet, but Wan’s involvement should get it moving quicker.
The Naked Gun
More a reboot in the style of the recent Vacation, the new take on The Naked Gun won’t be a spoof and will see Ed Helms playing a relative of Leslie Nielsen’s peerless Lt. Frank Drebin. Thomas Lennon and R. Ben Garant (Reno 911, Night At The Museum) are penning the screenplay. No word yet on when the film is going into production. Not soon seems to be the hope of many.
Nightmare On Elm Street
A second attempt to reboot the A Nightmare On Elm Street film series has been put into development by New Line. Following the underwhelming 2010 version, which saw Jackie Earle Haley take over the role of Freddy Krueger from Robert Englund, New Line opted not to press ahead with a sequel.
Instead, it’s now hired David Leslie Johnson – who’s penning the movie reboot of Dungeons & Dragons – to write a new script. It’ll be a “back to the drawing board” job too, with the aim being to come up with a remake that’s “worthy of the original.”
Police Academy
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, best known for the Comedy Central sketch show Key And Peele, are the latest to take on the planned remake/reboot of Police Academy. Scott Zabielski was attached to direct last time we heard, and Jeremy Garelick had penned a screenplay. Original producer Paul Maslansky is also said to be still involved.
Key and Peele are thus far said to be just producing the film, but it seems likely – if it eventually gets off the ground – that the pair will star in the film as well. If it hits, eventually lots and lots and lots and lots of sequels.
Puppet Master
The Puppet Master remake will be getting more of a comedy vibe, as Reno 911‘s Thomas Lennon heads up a cast that includes genre queen Barbara Crampton (The Beyond, Re-Animator) among others. Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund, who also directed Wither, will helm it, and the script could be a good one – its by Bone Tomahawk screenwriter S. Craig Zahler…
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Pumpkinhead
1988 demonic horror flick Pumpkinhead is being remade for the modern cinematic age. Peter Block – one of Saw‘s executive producers – has picked up the rights and put a reboot into development.
Van Helsing
A reboot of Van Helsing has been planned for years. Now, it looks like it’s finally pushing ahead. In November 2014, Eric Heisserer (Final Destination 5, The Thing remake) and Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) were brought on board to write a script.
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The Warriors
Huge fans of Walter Hill’s The Warriors here, which occasionally finds itself thrown into remake discussions. Earlier this year, Mark Neveldine – the co-writer/director of the Crank films – admitted that he and Brian Taylor are interested in tackling a new take on The Warriors. “It’s just in rights hell at the moment,” he told Screencrush.
White Men Can’t Jump
The 1992 basketball comedy White Men Can’t Jump, starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson, is now in line for a big screen do-over. It’s in the hands of Kenya Barris, the creator of Black-ish, and 20th Century Fox is backing the project, as it did the original. Barris will produce and write, but there are no further details as yet.
The Wild Bunch
A contemporary remake of The Wild Bunch is one of the projects that Will Smith is contemplating. This time around, the focus would be on a bunch of DEA agents hunting down a Mexican drug cartel. Smith hasn’t committed to the film yet though, as far as we know, and he’s had a good year or two to do so.
The Wolfman
Not many people look back at the troubled production of the 2010s The Wolman with much fondness. Not many people look back with fondness at the film itself either. Nonetheless, a further reboot is planned, as part of Universal’s classic monster movie universe. This time, Aaron Gostkowski, who wrote the excellent Prisoners, is on scripting duties, and Universal is targeting the film for an April 2017 release.
Zorro Reborn
We don’t make these things up you know. Plans have been afoot to reboot the Zorro movies since 2005’s The Legend Of Zorro failed to match the majesty of 1999’s The Mask Of Zorro. The latest approach – and we wonder if all concerned had a day out watching Mad Max: Fury Road – is to set it in the near future, in post-apocalyptic times. Mark Amin is producing, and he’s now on the hunt for a writer for the project
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