RE Remakes:
Not sure. But any “remake”, “reboot”, blahblahblah made recently is going to have every libtard cliche and socialist “justice” warrior talking point imaginable in it.
So in my estimation, they can keep their delusional trash; I won’t spend a dime on it.
Hollywood has gotten out of control with remakes/reboots/sequels. 90% of them are unnecessary. When it comes to remakes, there are really only TWO legitimate reasons to remake a movie:
1) The source material is very good and beloved, but the first adaptation of that material was terrible (e.g., I would not oppose a remake of Bonfire of the Vanities since the 1990 movie sucked and was horribly miscast)
2) The first adaptation of that movie was well received and popular at the time of its release, but has not aged well and is now completely gone from popular culture and doesn’t relate to modern audiences (e.g., I would not oppose a remake of Charlie Chan, if they cast an actual Asian actor and did a serious adaptation of the books)
One notable example of the kind of remake I can get behind is the upcoming remake of Dr. Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr. (see the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEf412bSPLs)
I’m hoping to take my 4 year old nephew to see it in 2020. Supposedly it will be an rousing, epic adventure film/family film that is actually faithful to the Hugh Lofting books. The previous film adaptations (Rex Harrison in 1967 and Eddie Murphy in 1998) strayed VERY far from the books and were basically Dr. Dolittle In Name Only— ESPECIALLY the Eddie Murphy version!)
Examples of recent films that SHOULDN’T have been remade are a dime a dozen: Ghostbusters, Beauty and the Beast, Dumbo, The Lion King, Aladdin, Godzilla, The Mummy, Robocop, Tomb Raider, Robin Hood, A Star Is Born, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Hellboy, The Addams Family, Child’s Play, Jacob’s Ladder, Charlie’s Angels... take your pick!