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16 Sep

Link Tank: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Remake Cast Has Been Announced

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The cast of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air remake has been announced and it’s full of fine actors, but there’s no way they’ll live up to the original crew, right? “The remake, called Bel-Air, is going to be a serialized one-hour dramatic “analog” of the original. The new take is meant to lean into the darker side of the premise: Will moving from the dangerous streets of West Philadelphia (born and raised) to the rich world of Bel-Air.” Read more at The Mary Sue Marvel star Anthony Mackie is set to lead a Twisted Metal TV adaptation based on the…
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10 Sep

Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic Remake Can’t be Afraid to Change the Original

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If you would have told me two, five…even ten years ago that we were getting a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake that would update the beloved 2003 RPG with modern graphics, modern audio, and a few mechanical improvements, I would have been thrilled. In fact, I probably would have been upset if you told me that remake would go so far as to significantly change any aspect of the original game’s combat, story, or any of the other elements that have led many to call it one of the best RPGs of the last 20 years and…
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18 May

Why Grand Theft Auto 3 Deserves a Remake

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Rockstar recently confirmed that the next-generation version of Grand Theft Auto 5 will be released on November 11 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, but the GTA news that’s catching everyone’s attention at the moment is this section of a recent GTA Online update blog post: “In honor of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the genre-defining Grand Theft Auto III, we’ll have even more fun surprises to share — including some specifically for GTA Online players.”While recent years have taught us to not get our hopes up in regards to impending GTA announcements (and GTA Online players may end up…
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22 Apr

Will Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake Give Us the Game’s Unseen Ending?

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It’s perhaps gaming’s biggest open secret at this point: Aspyr, the studio behind recent current-gen ports like Republic Commando and Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, is reportedly working on a remake of the seminal RPG Knights of the Old Republic, arguably the greatest Star Wars game ever made. Rumors of a remake have made the rounds for years, but it’s uber-reliable Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier who has finally given the hearsay a bit of credibility. Speaking on The MinnMax Show podcast (via IGN), Schreier confirmed the existence of the project and that Aspyr is the studio handling the long-awaited remake:…
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09 Apr

Will The Last of Us PS5 Remake Change the Game’s Story?

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An otherwise quiet week for gaming was rocked by a Bloomberg report that reveals, among other things, that a shift in the PlayStation team’s creative direction may have left Naughty Dog working on a PS5 remake of The Last of Us. I highly recommend reading that report if you haven’t already as it sheds some light on Sony’s long-term plans and has already triggered a heated debate over the changing nature of the Triple-A video game industry. For now, though, let’s focus on that rumored remake of The Last of Us and try to answer the question “Why would Naughty…
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09 Mar

Joe Carnahan’s The Raid Remake Won’t Be ‘So Heavily Fight-Based’

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Fresh off this past weekend’s release of Boss Level, and with his next film Copshop already in post-production, writer/director Joe Carnahan now hopes to turn his attention to his next project: a long-developing remake of the 2011 Indonesian action/crime thriller, The Raid (known in the U.S. as The Raid: Redemption). Or maybe not. Asked about the project, which was first announced with a different director in 2014 before Carnahan came aboard three years later, Carnahan says that the English-language version of the stunning original has drifted away from being a true remake. “It’s our version of The Raid,” says Carnahan…
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29 Oct

Why Demon’s Souls Remake is Already Disappointing Some Fans

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Everything we’ve seen of the Demon’s Souls remake so far suggests it could be the best PS5 launch game, and one of the best games of 2020, but it’s what we haven’t seen of the remake that is worrying some long-time fans. A modder named Lance McDonald has been combing through leaked files related to the upcoming Demon’s Soul remake and recently revealed that it appears the upcoming remake will not restore Demon’s Souls infamous Sixth Archstone or add any new content related to it. In fact, it sounds like the Demon’s Souls remake’s file structure is fairly similar to…
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30 Sep

Firestarter Remake Lands Zac Efron for Lead Role

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Firestarter, the Stephen King novel-turned-film, is already cemented in pop culture history with the iconic 1984 poster image of child star Drew Barrymore, who’s seen ominously emotionless in front of a blaze caused by her unbridled pyrokinetic powers; an image that was a clear inspiration for Stranger Things’ Eleven. However, the current crop of King-adapting films and television will see a Firestarter remake, which now has a headliner in Zac Efron. Studios Universal, Blumhouse and Weed Road are moving forward with efforts for a Firestarter remake movie, and have announced its first cast member in Zac Efron, who will serve…
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28 Sep

Utopia US Remake Ending Explained: Who is Mr Rabbit?

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Warning: contains major Utopia spoilers With newly invented characters and a whole new world wrapped around bad guys/pragmatic planet savers The Harvest (the US version of The Network), Gillian Flynn’s Utopia makes considerable changes to the Channel 4 original. It’s faithful though, in most of the ways that matter – Jessica Hyde, the unforgettable Arby, Wilson Wilson and more are all kept intact, just transplanted from London to Chicago. There’s some very close translation of a few memorable scenes, as well as a good amount of invention. Flynn rewrites the backstory to weave in new setting ‘Home’, and new players,…
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28 Sep

The Utopia US Remake’s Easter Egg Nods to the UK Original

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It’s only polite, when you’ve borrowed an idea, to acknowledge its originator. Amazon Prime’s blackly comic conspiracy thriller remake Utopia does that by giving an executive producer credit to Dennis Kelly, the creator of the original UK series. Kelly recently told Den of Geek that though the remake had his blessing and best wishes, his involvement in the US series had been nil. As is often the case, his executive producer credit was a courtesy.  Another little courtesy is paid at around 04:30 in the remake’s second episode. A gang of comic book fans who’ve been speaking online for months meet up…
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28 Sep

Utopia: How the US Remake Changes the UK Show’s Most Controversial Sequence

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Warning: Contains Utopia plot details (original and remake) Compare the openings of the original Utopia and the US remake, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that the new version had softened the show’s hard edges. Right out of the gates, the 2013 UK original kicks off with a series of murders. In the aptly named Doomsday Comics shop, a pair of assassins cosh one man with a metal pipe, and gas another two men and a child to death. Before we know anything about Utopia’s story or its characters, we’re confronted by unsettling violence. Beware, is the message, nobody is safe here. That…
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21 Sep

Black Narcissus Trailer and Release Date for FX Miniseries Remake

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Black Narcissus, the 1947 film based on author Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel, is getting a substantially stylized update (of the already-stylized film classic,) in the realm of peak television by way of FX’s November-scheduled miniseries. With Gemma Arterton as its headliner, the miniseries will showcase a surreal tale of eroticism, darkness and futility centered on a group of nuns in a Himalayan palace. Amanda Coe (The Trial of Christine Keeler) wrote the adaptation script for the three-part miniseries, which was directed by Charlotte Bruus Christensen (Between Us). Interestingly, the element of stunning Himalayan cinematography will be prominent in the FX…
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10 Sep

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Leaked Ahead of Reveal

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A Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been leaked ahead of its intended reveal. The leak, which comes from the Russian Uplay store, includes a brief (very blurry) clip of the remake in “action.” The clip only features snippets from cutscenes in the game and, to be honest, the footage looks awful. While this could simply be the result of a bad upload, poor conversion, or any other understandable technical issues, fans are already worried that this remake is actually going to be closer to a remaster. For what it’s worth, we’d advise holding off on all…
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09 Sep

Rebecca Remake Trailer Promises Haunting Thriller

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Every romance has a beginning, and every romance has an end… sometimes the story of each can be a killer. Such are the intimations at the heart of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, which is being handsomely brought back to the screen by director Ben Wheatley in a new Netflix production. With Lily James and Armie Hammer stepping into the roles of a newlywed couple with more secrets than kisses, and Kristin Scott Thomas taking on the role of the most menacing housekeeper eveer, there is a lot to take in with the film’s first trailer. Based on the 1938 Gothic…
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22 Aug

Beastmaker Remake Floated by Original Director

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Forget the divide between baby boomers, Generation X, and millennials, our society can most easily be divided into those who are old enough to have seen Don Coscarelli’s 1982 sword and sorcery masterpiece The Beastmaster roughly one hundred times on HBO (or maybe TBS if you’re slightly younger) and those who have not. If you haven’t seen it, get thee to Amazon Prime in the US, where you can currently watch one of the best fantasy flicks of its era for free. The Beastmaster stars Mark Singer as Dar, a young warrior in the kingdom of Aruk, which resides in…
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21 Aug

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Remake Series Baffles Internet

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2020 continues, as a first trailer for the Quebec remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine has now been released. Yes, you read all of those words correctly. Do not adjust your screen. Escouade 99 (Squad 99 in English) really does appear to be a near shot-for-shot remake of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, with its original cast replaced by the likes of Mickaël Gouin, Bianca Gervais, Mylène Mackay, Widemir Normil and Guy Jodoin. The Quebec version was directed by Patrick Huard (Bon Cop Bad Cop) and it follows “a group of endearing and out of the ordinary detectives who fight crime at Escouade 99 in…
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17 Aug

Planes, Trains & Automobiles Remake in the Works with Will Smith and Kevin Hart

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It’s a classic setup. Two guys who could not be more diametrically opposed must share the same odyssey of holiday travel—by any vehicle necessary—no matter how hard one of them tries to get out of it. Yet perhaps what makes Planes, Trains & Automobiles a classic is the surprising amount of warmth and empathy writer-director John Hughes injected into the formula of the 1987 original movie. It’s a delicate balancing act, and one Paramount Pictures looks determined to replicate in a Planes, Trains & Automobiles remake starring Will Smith and Kevin Hart. As announced via Deadline Monday afternoon, Paramount is…
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07 Aug

Rebecca Netflix Remake Release Date Revealed with First Photos

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Rebecca, an important piece of psychological drama literature famously adapted by Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 film, is about to be reinvented as a Netflix feature starring Lily James and Armie Hammer. Director Ben Wheatley updates this classic story of a young newlywed to an aristocrat, finding herself in the shadow of his recently-deceased first wife, with whom the estate’s housekeeper has a dangerous obsession. Now, the new movie has a release date firmly set, and you can check out its first official images (which you can view below). Rebecca Netflix Release Date Rebecca is set to hit Netflix on Wednesday, October…
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29 Jul

Link Tank: Is the Destroy All Humans Remake Worth a Play?

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The revived Destroy All Humans game is fun and flashy, but its outdated design and its overly faithfulness to the original are a letdown. “Efforts to preserve this forgotten series are admirable, but Destroy All Humans is the perfect example of what can go wrong when reviving an aging B-grade game. An overall low-budget feel and outdated design make Destroy All Humans feel like a relic that would have benefited more from a full-on modern reimagining rather than a remake that’s faithful to a fault.” Read more at Inverse. Vincenzo Natali’s horror flick Splice, released in 2009 and now available…
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29 Jul

How the System Shock Remake Modernizes a PC Gaming Classic

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When LookingGlass Technologies’ System Shock released in 1994, few people knew what to make of it. It was a first-person game with action and guns, but it most certainly wasn’t a first-person shooter like Doom, which had been released less than a year before System Shock. It featured navigation and level design similar to games like Ultima Underworld, but it wasn’t necessarily an RPG in most respects. While System Shock received quite a bit of praise from critics and players who took a chance on it, but it wasn’t exactly revered as a game-changer or considered a major hit at…
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