NO! No Ealing remakes!
England just doesn’t have the eccentric, quirky actors and actresses anymore. The English film industry is no longer regional; evrything’s homogenized and Hollywood.
There was a new St. Trinians movie in 2007, with a modern English cast. Blecchhh.
I thought the remake of The Blob was better than the original, even without Steve McQueen. I particularly liked the fact that they spent 30 minutes developing the characters of the kind sheriff and the diner waitress with a heart of gold. Then, of course, the blob killed them!