There’s no need to debate if Hollywood considers anything sacred anymore. There are constant ridiculous TV show to movie adaptations (“Starsky & Hutch”? Seriously?). There’s rumor of a “Cleopatra” remake, complete with David Fincher being approached to direct. There is no doubt that producers are out there, scouring for familiarity and hoping to cash in [...]

The family-friendly reboot of “The Karate Kid” not only won the battle of 1984 redux, but won the weekend’s box office race outright. The inspirational Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan tale led all films with an estimated $56 million this weekend, with the big-screen “A-Team” outing lagging far behind in second, with $26 million. Including [...]

While Chace Crawford has dropped out as the lead for the “Footloose” remake this summer, causing director Craig Brewer to push back on the release date, this hasn’t stopped 52 different filmmakers from brainstorming their very own remake. Their version, titled “Our Footloose Remake,” will be out this summer and will feature scenes created by [...]

Update: The trailer is back online, embedded below in full-res glory. Thank, Fox suits! It’s okay if you call me a hypocrite – in this case I won’t mind. Y’see, I rail continuously about Hollywood’s obsession with remaking everything from the 1980s into big-screen fiascos, and the news of “The A-Team” remake was no exception. [...]

Yes, everyone loves lists at year’s end. They spark arguments, inspire reflection, and set off a chain reaction of similarly-formatted “best-of” compilations from writers, critics and pundits. This year, I would like to attempt something different, and make a little text time capsule of 2009. Studios embracing social media: Twitter accounts based on film characters, [...]

RCC reported this summer that David Shore of “House” fame would be bringing a reboot of 70s TV show “The Rockford Files” to NBC, but that’s not all. ABC is bringing back “Charlie’s Angels,” and CBS will be hanging ten with “Hawaii Five-O.” NBC’s Warren Littlefield claims “It’s a good idea to try.  Movies have [...]

Columbia Studios has dropped the “Kung-Fu” from the name of the remake of “The Karate Kid” – probably, because they realize that a remake of a movie should have the same name. The first trailer of Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith and Taraji P. Henson went live today: The skinny on the story: Set in an [...]

It seems that the success of the “Twilight” saga is benefiting everyone in Hollywood. “The Howling” is back. The werewolf franchise is being re-launched as “The Howling: Reborn.” It will be backed by Joel Kastelberg and Etchie Stroh, and will be the directorial debut of Joe Nimziki. The plot is currently under wraps, but the [...]

There’s a long-standing mistrust of the remake culture permeating Hollywood at Red Carpet Crash, but (since we’re a bunch of hypocritical bastards) there’s a good number of us who are stoked about the Louis Leterrier remake of “Clash Of The Titans.” The teaser trailer debuted today for the mythology action-fest, which we’ve lovingly embedded below [...]

Yet another re-imagining out there in Hollywood… this time with the Coen brothers taking on the 1969 western classic “True Grit.” Jeff Bridges has already signed on for the film, and the brothers are now in talks with Matt Damon and Josh Brolin. The film, about a U.S. marshal and sheriff who, along with a [...]