Remakes & Reboots: Upcoming Movies You've Seen Before
Hollywood's current obesession with recycling old material is well documented by now, but which remakes and reboots are offering something fresh, and which ones are going to be lukewarm leftovers? Read our guide to find out.
Movie remakes and reboots seem to be more reviled than ever - but is all the hate justified?
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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