Hollywood remakes why

Photo: EMI. The tale of immortality from the Scottish highlands to s New York featured an original soundtrack by Queen, including the classic A Kind of Magic. French actor Christopher Lambert took on the role of Connor MacLeod, an immortal born in 16th-century Scotland, who is mentored by the ancient swordsman Ramirez, played by Sean Connery, as he works his way towards the Gathering in the Big Apple in Photo: Warner Bros.

Made famous as an off-Broadway musical opening in , the stage show was itself a remake of a film about a florist who discovers his Venus flytrap has a thirst for human blood. Interest in the remake, which has been floating around since with Carey Mulligan once considered for the role of Doolittle, has been reignited with Shakespeare in Love 's John Madden set to direct.

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner showed off their on-screen chemistry in 'Romancing the Stone', which is set for a Hollywood remake. Photo: 20th Century Fox. The action-comedy caper starred Michael Douglas as a down-on-his-luck trapper, and romance novelist Kathleen Turner as a couple thrown together in their pursuit of the El Corazon emerald in Colombia. The remake, which has been floating around Hollywood for a while, was once set to star Katherine Heigl when director Robert Luketic was attached to the project after he directed her in Killers.

The film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston has become a cult favourite over the years. The thriller-romance featured Houston as singing superstar Rachel Marron, who, after she receives death threats from a stalker, is protected by former presidential bodyguard Frank Farmer Costner.

Romance blossoms between the pair as the stakes get higher, culminating in an assassination attempt at the Oscars. For the remake, everyone from Chris Hemsworth and Channing Tatum to Tessa Thompson and Cardi B have been floated as potential leads, while the screenplay will be written by Tony-nominated Matthew Lopez.

Kelly LeBrock was created to be the ideal woman on a computer in 'Weird Science'. The remake is aiming for an edgier tone and older audience. The practice of Hollywood remaking films is as old as Hollywood itself. We have a tendancy to romanticize about the past, longing for a time when movies had no profit motive and were made simply for art's sake. Of course, this has never been true. Do you really think Louis B.

Mayer , Jack Warner , and David O. Selznick were not interested in squeezing out every dollar they possibly could from the American public? No, these studio heads liked seeing their bank accounts increase just as studio heads do now.

Revisiting recognizable, beloved material time and again were wonderful ways to make that money, whether that be in franchising or in remakes. Remaking something does not solely satisfy the commercial instinct of the moviemaking business. People revisiting stories occurs all throughout history for myriad reasons. For example, take A Star Is Born. Four films bear that title, the first in , then , , and most recently in Is the initial impulse to make each of these movies a monetary one?

However, each of these four films showcase their own unique snapshot of their time, and with every subsequent iteration of A Star Is Born , we can see the evolution of how these eras treat gender dynamics, both in a romantic relationship and a work environment, and struggles with addiction, depression, and other mental health issues.

Bradley Cooper 's film, upon announcement, was met with a bevy of "Do we really need this? Arguably the most craven-seeming of the remake is the English language version of an acclaimed film not in English, usually just a few years after its release. Typically, the complaint with these films is directed at the large group of people who generally will not watch films with subtitles.

Filmgoing would certainly be richer if there was less hesitance to subtitling, but what rarely gets discussed in regards to this topic are all of the English language films that get remade around the globe. Whether in India, Japan, or France, seeing a remake of an American film is just as common as seeing one from those countries in America.

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