MORE BAD HOLLYWOOD REMAKE IDEAS

[ChgoTheatreGuy]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 12:27am

So now Sony Pictures has announced that they want to do a remake of the 1990s film, "The Craft".  I know that there are no more real original ideas in Hollywood considering that everything is a sequel or remake of some other movie that did really well before.  Kind of feel sad that I have seen every incarnation of "Superman", "Spiderman", "Friday the 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street".  What do other feel about this practice?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 12:28am

I love it.  I want more remakes.  I want only remakes. 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 5:04pm

[ChgoTheatreGuy]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 6:46pm

I just read that director Walter Hill has gotten the rights to do a remake of "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane".  Let the casting fights begin!

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 7:26pm

Faye Dunaway- for either part!

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 8:51pm

Have her do BOTH parts!

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 8:55pm

Obviously it needs to be Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 9:08pm

Those two should remake Big Business 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 9:44pm

I know that there are no more real original ideas in Hollywood considering that everything is a sequel or remake of some other movie that did really well before.

 

No it's really not. 

 

 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 9:44pm

Ha! :)

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 9:45pm

Bette and Lily should remake BIG BUSINESS but switch roles. 

Updated On: 5/17/15 at 09:45 PM

[Musical Master]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 10:32pm

For movies: GONE WITH THE WIND with Channing Tatum and Jennifer Lawrence, SUNSET BOULEVARD with Susan Sarandon and Adam Sandler, and THE TEN COMMANDMENTS with Dwayne Johnson and Val Kilmer (oh wait..)

For TV: THE GOLDEN GIRLS, with Sandra Bernhard, Jennifer Coolidge, Kelli O'Hara, and Allison Janney, THE FACTS OF LIFE with Mindy Cohn and whoever's popular on MTV or CW, BEWITCHED with Beth Behrs and Jim Parsons as Uncle Arthur, and THE BRADY BUNCH starring Laura Osnes, Jason Segel, Kat Dennings, and any kid actor on Disney Channel as the Brady Kids.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/17/15 at 10:34pm

And The Spice Girls can do STEEL MAGNOLIAS. 

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 5/22/15 at 1:42am

"Make Way For Tomorrow" with Betty White and Martin Landau.  No, really.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 5/23/15 at 6:15pm

"a remake of "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane". Let the casting fights begin"

Faye Dunaway and Jane Fonda directed by David Cronenberg

Marisa Parades and Carmen Maura directed by Pedro Almodovar

Mia Farrow and Diane Keaton directed by Woody Allen

Candace Bergen and Mia Farrow directed by Wes Anderson

Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter directed by Kenneth Branagh

Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet directed by Ang Lee

Helen Mirren and Judy Davis directed by Jane Campion

Lesley Manville and Imelda Staunton directed by Mike Leigh

Glenn Close and Meryl Streep directed by Stephen Frears

Meryl Streep and Glenn Close directed by Fred Schepisi

Chita Rivera and Rita Moreno directed by Ron Marshall

Charlotte Rampling and Jacqueline Bisset directed by Francois Ozon

Blythe Danner and Kate Nelligan directed by Barbra Streisand

Julie Christie and Dyan Cannon directed by Warren Beatty

Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Robin Wright and Michelle Pfeiffer directed by the Coen Brothers

Frances McDormand and Holly Hunter directed by the Coen Brothers  (whoops, I think I meant Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand directed by the Coen Brothers, though either might work)

Genevieve Bujold and Lesley Ann Warren directed by Brian de Palma

Angela Bassett and Viola Davis directed by Milos Forman

Eileen Atkins and Helen Mirren directed by Steve McQueen

Jessica Lange and Jessica Lange directed by Terry Gilliam

Ellen Burstyn and Gena Rowlands directed by William Friedkin

Louise Fletcher and Ellen Burstyn directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Angelica Huston and Kathleen Turner directed by Tim Burton

Updated On: 5/23/15 at 06:15 PM

[darquegk]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 12:32am

Frances Conroy and Jessica Lange, directed by Ryan Murphy

 

 

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOME

[ChgoTheatreGuy]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 11:32pm

Bette Midler and Sally Field, she can finally get her revenge from Sally stealing her Oscar for "The Rose"...

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 9:55am

Sally didn't steal anything. Sally Field always has and always will act rings around Bette Midler. Her Oscar win was very much deserved.

[CAX]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 7:54pm

Henrik, I did spit takes! Will admit my curiosity is piqued though... I would TOTALLY pay popcorn fare to see any of these iterations of WEHTBJ?

 

Glenn Close and Meryl Streep directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Angela Bassett and Viola Davis directed by Milos Forman

Jessica Lange and Jessica Lange directed by Terry Gilliam

 and may I add...

Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis directed by Martin Scorcesse

Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett directed by Michael Chimeno

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 6/3/15 at 11:50am

What about Bridget Fonda as Blanche and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Jane?

[javero]

Posted: 6/3/15 at 1:57pm

What about my Annette Bening as Baby Jane & Patricia Clarkson as Blanche...

or Edie Falco and Mary Louise Parker?