Tag: remakes

Alien Nation Remake “Paused” by Disney

brettstevens | Jul 6, 2019 | 0

Disney has taken Jeff Nichols off the case. The Hollywood Reporter reports that in the wake of the Disney-Fox merger, they’ve decided to shelve his long-gestating remake of the iconic 80s movie Alien Nation, which Jeff Nichols, the acclaimed director of Mud (which starred Matthew McConaughey at th...

New Final Fantasy VII Remake Cast Announced

brettstevens | Jun 21, 2019 | 0

When the Final Fantasy VII remake is released, our favorite characters will sound a lot different. The cast has received an overhaul, with Supergirl’s Tyler Hoechlin as the iconic Sephiroth – taking over from another noted Superman actor, George Newbern, thus giving this recasting an almost poet...

Aladdin: A Whole New World for Guy Ritchie

brettstevens | May 31, 2019 | 0

Ever since I saw The Godfather when I was a kid, I’ve always been on the lookout for other entries in the crime genre. I even started watching General Hospital, since it seemed there was at least a kind of gangster story – albeit one that’s a bit watered down – every day. That being &hel...

Disney’s The Lion King Trailer

andrewrodriguez | Apr 10, 2019 | 0

I’ll be the first to admit that when Disney first announced that they were working on a “live-action” Lion King film to add to their growing library of live-action remakes of their back catalog of animated classics, I was skeptical at best. For one, the live-action remakes have been hit and mi...

REVIEW: Dumbo (2019)

virginiakublawi | Mar 30, 2019 | 0

This weekend saw Disney’s most recent live-action remake of one of their animated classics, this time 1941’s Dumbo. Personally, I have mixed feelings on Disney’s trend of remaking their movies because the results have been mixed in terms of quality and creativity. 2015’s Cinderella is my fav...

Dune Enters Production at Long Last

brettstevens | Mar 25, 2019 | 0

Paul Atreides’s test will soon be at hand, as production on the Dune remake has finally begun. There were times when I thought I’d never get to write these words, so the fact that the new adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic novel is well and truly on the way is a great boon to sci-fi … <...