Remakes, come-backs, and spin-offs

[thatguy]

In addition to "The Tick" and "Ghostbusters", and in no particular order:

Stephen King's IT
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/16/pen...g-it-movie



Samurai Jack
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/go-behind-...41194.html



Red Dwarf:
http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/start-date...-red-dwarf


Class
http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/start-date...in-october


Going Places
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/08/17/j...g-lebowski

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[King Bob]

The first season of Samurai Jack was great. I thought it kind of went astray after that and gradually stopped watching.

[thatguy]

And "Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader", an animated movie with voices by Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar...

http://www.metv.com/stories/watch-the-tr...lie-newmar



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[Drunk Monk]

And "Batman: Return of the Caped Crusader", an animated movie with voices by Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar...

http://www.metv.com/stories/watch-the-tr...lie-newmar



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I was going to post on this but WHAM! POW! tg beat me to the punch.

I'm very excited about this. It's the first Batman redux I've looked for to seeing.  

[thatguy]

And Dirk Gently coming to BBC America in Fall 2016...

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/20...production

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[thatguy]

The Crow

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/09/06/n...in-january

Never Give Up: THE CROW To Start Production In January

The Crow is the story of a guy who dies, but then comes back to life as an invincible mime to kill the fools who murdered him. No matter what you do to the guy when he’s in mime form, you cannot hurt him.

The Crow remake is the story of a movie that people kept trying to kill but absolutely refuses to stay dead. You keep thinking it’s finally all done, and then new life breathes into it at the last moment.

I guess what I’m saying is that maybe it’s appropriate. According to The Wrap, The Crow really is going into production in January. As rumored last month, Jason Momoa will apparently play the role of Eric Draven, former rocker, future murder-mime.

The company line on this one is that it will follow the original book closer than the 1994 film did. That’s fine, though I don’t remember the book’s Eric Draven looking like a bodybuilder.

But you have to hand it to them. This movie has fought hard to be a thing. I almost have to respect it just for that. Even though it’s another damn Crow movie.

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[thatguy]

More shaky-cam...there's a Blair Witch sequel coming:



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[cranefly]

I hear that they used a steadicam for this one, but mounted it on a jackhammer.

(one of my inner voices can attest to that)

[El Dingo]

I liked "The Tick" pilot. It had a warm quirkiness with the insecurity of Arthur and the'60s "Batman-esque" outbursts from The Tick.

I did not care for the "I'm indestructible" walk of The Tick through the bad-guy army because it was more Superman than goofball.

We'll see where it goes.

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[Drunk Monk]

This one is close to the hearts of the DOOMQ6 posse, me, ED and LB (iffen he ever stops messing with AK bears and comes by here).



No trailer yet but it's from my fav entertainment company - Well Go USA - http://www.wellgousa.com/theatrical/phantasm-ravager

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I was offered a screener for this last night, but I was way too busy to do a review by this Friday.  It would have been a no-brainer review as Seven Samurai remains my fav film of all time (followed closely by Holy Grail), and I have great respect for the original Magnificent Seven (the sequels not so much), and I even have luv for Battle Beyond the Stars (it's a DOOMQ6 thang).  What's more, this has Lee Byung-Hun as an Asian 'flower vase' - so much to say there.  But no, I'm off to my last festival of the year tomorrow, so screw this film.  I'll watch it when it pops up on Netflix maybe.

[King Bob]

Looking at that I'd say the characters don't seem too faithful to either Seven Samurai or the original Magnificent Seven. But of course it's not about the characters.

I'm with DM - probably watch it on Netflix (along with Ben Hur).

[thatguy]

Spaceship Yamato (aka Star Blazers!):

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/201...ed/.100498

Space Battleship Yamato 2202 Anime Series Confirmed

A new anime series in the Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato anime franchise has been confirmed under the title Uchū Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi (Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love or Star Blazers 2202: Warriors of Love). The staff has released the series' first visual, drawn by illustrator Makoto Kobayashi:

The staff has also opened an official website for the series. The website had been registered in Japan on January 8, and volume 13 of Yamato Kōkai Nikki: Yamato Crew Premium Fun Club Magazine, the official Yamato Fan Club magazine, shipped this week with the news.

Nobuyoshi Habara (Fafner and Fafner EXODUS director, episode director and storyboard writer for Star Blazers 2199) is directing the new anime, and Harutoshi Fukui (Mobile Suit Gundam UC original novel writer, screenplay for Harlock: Space Pirate) is writing and overseeing the scripts. The late Yoshinobu Nishizaki is credited with the original work, and his son Shoji Nishizaki (Star Blazers 2199 planning, producer for Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection) is the executive producer.

The staff will reveal other details about the new series at a later date.

Shoji Nishizaki revealed in the fan club magazine last August that a second season of the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 anime was in development. Shoji Nishizaki added that production would not be officially green-lit until at least this year. Aside from the "2202" in the new series' title, the project's website does not confirm if this new series is the sequel Shoji Nishizaki mentioned, and the website does not specify the new series' connection, if any, to the Farewell Space Battleship Yamato film; that film's Japanese title was Saraba Uchū Senkan Yamato - Ai no Senshi-tachi (Farewell Space Farewell Space Battleship Yamato - Warriors of Love).

The Space Battleship Yamato 2199 series is a remake of the original 1974 Space Battleship Yamato series created by Leiji Matsumoto and Yoshinobu Nishizaki. The series first premiered in Japan as a series of seven movies shown theatrically in Japan from 2012 to 2013, each containing four episodes' worth of runtime (except for the first movie, which only shows the first and second episode). The series then began airing on Japanese television in April 2013. A compilation film of the series opened in Japan in October 2014 with the title Uchū Senkan Yamato 2199: Tsuioku no Kōkai (Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Voyage of Remembrance), and a new film that continues the story opened in Japan in December 2014, with the title Uchū Senkan Yamato 2199: Hoshi-Meguru Hakobune (Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Star-Voyaging Ark).

The original Space Battleship Yamato anime was adapted for American television in 1979 as Star Blazers.

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PS: I remember that I watched the 2010 live-action remake of Spaceship Yamato, but I don't remember a thing about it except the cool white/red jacket...

[Drunk Monk]

I'm hoping one of you watches this first and reviews it here so the rest of us don't have to suffer through it.

[Drunk Monk]

I was just reminded that there's a Warrior's reboot in the works from Hulu: http://deadline.com/2016/07/the-russo-br...201782686/

Also, I recently heard that Tracey Ullman is doing a come-back show for BBC1.  

[Drunk Monk]

komebacks keep koming...