What movies should Hollywood remake?

[Aeolius]

I didnt know there was more than one Doctor Phibes movie. I would say remakes of it(them) would be nifty, although I think it would loose something without Vincent Price.

There was to be a third, Phibes Resurrectus (aka Bride of Phibes), but Vincent Price didn't like the script. I'd wager every Phibes fan has envisioned how a third installment might run. I have my own, of course, "Son of Phibes", which would have to be directed by Tim Burton, who is a fan of Vincent Price as well.

The Phibes soundtrack is available on CD. You can read about it HERE . Driving around to "War March of the Priests" played on pipe organ is quite exhilarating, I assure you.

 

[Merlion]

What about the second one? Like I said, I was under the impression there was only one..

 

[Aeolius]

What about the second one? Like I said, I was under the impression there was only one..

"Dr Phibes Rises Again" (amazon.com link)

 

[jarlaxlecq]

Logan's Run


I though there were already making a Logan's Run remake

 

[Merlion]

Thanks Aeo. I will have to check for it on Netflix.

 

[Berandor]

Well, after "House on Haunted Hill", I think Geoffrey Rush would make a good Phibes. And directed by Burton... hmmm

Of course, that wouldn't be a remake, it would be a hommage

 

[JRRNeiklot]

I'd like to see "The Lord of the Rings" remade, and done right.

 

[Swoop109]

If they were done with more respect for the source material, I would like to see remakes of a couple of ERB's based films.
The Land That Time Forgot, was fine for when it was made. Today it could be done with proper effects and a script much closer to the sprit of Burroughs orginal. The same goes for, At the Earth's Core.

 

[hellbender]

Not a bad idea at all. Though I haven't seen it, I don't know how much it's been changed from the original M.R. James story ("Casting the Runes").

Other than the extremely cheesy demon at the end of the movie, it is pretty creepy and very close to Casting the Runes. I became a big M.R. James fan after I found out he wrote the novel that inspired the movie and I have never been let down by his work

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[johnsemlak]

ditto! I'd like to see something original come out of Hollywood.

This article in the the Economist (not everyone's source of movie news, but hey)
notes the recent trend of remakes in lieu of original filmmaking:

Shrek II
Spiderman II
Harry Potter III
a remake of Around the World in 80 Days.
etc.

I think Hollywood might be in a bit of an 'originality' rut right now.