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I've just read that they are rehashing the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise once again and giving the reigns to Michael Bay - the same chap who did the transformers movie.
Why is it they are now starting to churn out remakes of old classics ?
Have things really got that desperate now and they've ran out of ideas?
they always had ideas but they don't want to risk it anymore - the stakes shot up as the Hollywood investment costs increased much higher than previous Hollywood films...
usxhe hit the nail on the head. There's plent of ideas, but there's no need for them to bank on them.
Things like Nightmare on Elm Street have a fanbase, doesn't matter how good/bad the new one is, people will still go see it. Just a good investment for them.
It's a shame that we are getting less original content these days though. Still happens once in a while mind you.
I really hate the huge decline in good sci-fi movies. The best sci-fi I've seen in the last decade has to be the remake of BSG. That show is amazing, and it was, as far as I know, paid for mostly by bSkyb.
I wish they'd be more creative.... plently of movies have shown you can be creative without a huge budget over the years too. Cube spring to mind for it's amazing cheapness but fantastic creativity. Shame the 2 sequels sucked eggs mind!
I don't bother going to the cinema any more, most of it is total garbage. One of the GOOD films I saw at the cinema was a year or two ago, it really surprised me. Was called 'Running Scared' it was basically a re-hash of many old ideas, but it was done very well with plently of nice twists and clever story telling.
Hollywood might be able to make a nice return on re-makes of old films and such, but they'll never make the big gains they really want with it either. They've bled dry the sequels, prequels and re-makes for nearly every franchise now. 95% of them were done very badly. Most people are wise to their ways now... they need to pull their wallets out and start taking some risks!
Oh you better believe they are:
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | DiCaprio 'to produce anime film'
I actually sighed, twice.
Why is it that the Americans have to do that with EVERY series, every film that they go anywhere near? The Office - crap US remake. The Italian Job - ditto. Get Carter - GET CARTER, FFS! - ditto, with Sylvester Stallone cast as Carter??? Life On Mars - being remade as American. Akira? How on EARTH can they transpose that to the US - it's quintessentially Japanese. I mean, obviously, they're going to, but they really, really, REALLY shouldn't.
Remake Nightmare???
Noooooooo!!!!
(Unless they get Robert Englund back of course!)
Naaaaahhhh...last I heard, he was setting up a religious cult on Babylon 5... :D
Looks like Robert's "standing aside" on the remake... shame indeed... I was hoping for FvsJ 2 :(