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Gremlins
TBD
Remember, no water and no feeding after midnight, or these little mogwai creatures will return with more than one reboot. Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg are lined up to produce a Gremlins remake for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros.
Jem and the Holograms
2015
The Hasbro/Marvel/Sunbow Productions (the same team that produced G.I. Joe & Transformers late 80′s cartoon series) will be getting a live-action big-screen treatment thanks to director Jon M. Chu and his loyal crowdsource funding Twitter followers. The Japanese anime company Toei Animation-produced series has completed filming and will hit theaters in the very near future.
The Karate Kid
TBD
A sequel to the remake is in preproduction with Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer writing the script and Breck Eisner set to direct. Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan are set to reprise their roles.
Mad Max
May 15, 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road takes place during the 5 year gap between the first and second films of the series. Mel Gibson will not be reprising his role of Max Rockatansky, instead leaving it up to new Max, Tom Hardy to face off a post-apocalyptic future of gas hunting punk gangs in the desert. Charlize Theron costars and George Miller returns to direct his fourth Mad Max film.
“Mad Max is caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa. This movie is an account of the Road War which follows. It is based on the Word Burgers of the History Men and eyewitness accounts of those who survived,” says Miller.
Predator
TBD
ScreenwritersShane Black & Fred Dekker are penning a script for 20th Century Fox, which will be a direct sequel to the previous Predator films. Black, who co-starred in the original film and became the first Predator kill will also direct.
Rambo
TBD
In a series that started out fighting local law enforcement in Washington state, then returning to Vietnam to rescue POW’s, to fighting Russian troops stationed in Afghanistan and finally going up against the Burmese Army, John Rambo may finally settle down in retirement. Oh wait, the Mexican Drug Cartel! Stallone will return to star and write the screenplay for the fifth Rambo film. On June 24, 2014, Splendid Films released a statement that reads, “With Rambo V, Sylvester Stallone returns in his iconic role. This time he goes up against a Mexican cartel. Stallone describes the new Rambo as his version of No Country for Old Men.”
Remington Steele
TBD
Remington Steele was a romantic comedy and drama TV series set as a detective procedural and was created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason an ran on NBC from 1982 to 1987. It is best remembered as launching the career of future James Bond Pierce Brosnan. The new series is being developed as a half-hour sitcom by NBC and will follow the daughter of Remington Steele, Lauren Holt as she reopens the infamous detective agency. Jay Scherick and David Ronn are writing the series spinoff for Executive Producer Heather Petrigala
The Shining
TBD
A prequel to the Steven King novel has been in development for a few years. Glen Mazzara, former showrunner on The Walking Dead wrote a screenplay that will be produced by Laeta Kalagridis, Bradley Fischer and James Vanderbilt. Titled The Overlook Hotel, it’s based on King’s original prologue that was cut from publication, telling the story of the Hotel’s original owner and robber banner Bob T. Watson. Music video director Mark Romanek was in talks to direct earlier this summer.
Tales from the Darkside
TBD
Based on the anthology horror syndicated TV series created by George A. Romero that ran from 1984-1988, the reboot series is in development with CBS Television Studios and The CW.
Terminator
July 1, 2015
The fifth feature film installment of the Terminator franchise is both a reboot and the first of a new trilogy of films. Emilia Clarke, (Mother of Dragons from Game of Thrones) will play Sarah Conner, the role originated by Linda Hamilton and Jai Courtney will be Kyle Reese, better known as the father of Sarah’s only child and leader of the human rebellion, John Conner. And yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger will portray a grey-haired Terminator. Titled Terminator: Genesys, the film reportedly will be based on a separate timeline that continued with the original sequels.
In December 2013, it was announced that a new television series will go into production, with very close tie-ins with the new trilogy as well as critical moments in the original 1984 film with the series taking a completely different direction.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
June 3, 2016
The 2014 reboot has made $300 million (and counting), so naturally a sequel has been greenlighted by Paramount Pictures with Michael Bay producing and Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec returning to write the screenplay. Be warned, some of the actors have been signed for three films.
Top Gun
TBD
In June 2013, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer stated that: “For 30 years we’ve been trying to make a sequel and we’re not going to stop. We still want to do it with Tom [Cruise] and Paramount are still interested in making it. What Tom tells me is that no matter where he goes in the world, people refer to him as Maverick. It’s something he is excited about so as long as he keeps his enthusiasm hopefully we’ll get it made.”
Transformers
2016 or 2017
The fourth installment has made over $1 billion (that’s “B” for BILLION), all but guaranteeing a fifth Transformers film. Paramount Pictures execs have also signaled there will be a sixth film, making toy manufacturer Hasbro a very happy company.
Tron
TBD
In September 2013, Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski said: “The TRON sequel is still in early stages, it’s still in the script stage. So I can’t say if and when that would go into production but the fundamental idea of the movie is something I’m very excited about, it delivers on the ideas that we set up in Legacy, especially at the end in the last five minutes, so that one is a work in progress.”
Vacation
TBD
The Griswald’s will return with Ed Helms taking on the role of son Rusty and Christina Applegate as his wife in the New Line Cinema production, written & directed by Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. The cast will also include Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Charlie Day, with possible cameo’s from mom and dad Griswald, Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo.
Return to the 1980's: Franchises in Production
Ron Seifried | On 02, Sep 2014
Gremlins
TBD
Remember, no water and no feeding after midnight, or these little mogwai creatures will return with more than one reboot. Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg are lined up to produce a Gremlins remake for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros.
Jem and the Holograms
2015
The Hasbro/Marvel/Sunbow Productions (the same team that produced G.I. Joe & Transformers late 80′s cartoon series) will be getting a live-action big-screen treatment thanks to director Jon M. Chu and his loyal crowdsource funding Twitter followers. The Japanese anime company Toei Animation-produced series has completed filming and will hit theaters in the very near future.
The Karate Kid
TBD
A sequel to the remake is in preproduction with Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer writing the script and Breck Eisner set to direct. Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan are set to reprise their roles.
Mad Max
May 15, 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road takes place during the 5 year gap between the first and second films of the series. Mel Gibson will not be reprising his role of Max Rockatansky, instead leaving it up to new Max, Tom Hardy to face off a post-apocalyptic future of gas hunting punk gangs in the desert. Charlize Theron costars and George Miller returns to direct his fourth Mad Max film.
“Mad Max is caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa. This movie is an account of the Road War which follows. It is based on the Word Burgers of the History Men and eyewitness accounts of those who survived,” says Miller.
Predator
TBD
ScreenwritersShane Black & Fred Dekker are penning a script for 20th Century Fox, which will be a direct sequel to the previous Predator films. Black, who co-starred in the original film and became the first Predator kill will also direct.
Rambo
TBD
In a series that started out fighting local law enforcement in Washington state, then returning to Vietnam to rescue POW’s, to fighting Russian troops stationed in Afghanistan and finally going up against the Burmese Army, John Rambo may finally settle down in retirement. Oh wait, the Mexican Drug Cartel! Stallone will return to star and write the screenplay for the fifth Rambo film. On June 24, 2014, Splendid Films released a statement that reads, “With Rambo V, Sylvester Stallone returns in his iconic role. This time he goes up against a Mexican cartel. Stallone describes the new Rambo as his version of No Country for Old Men.”
Remington Steele
TBD
Remington Steele was a romantic comedy and drama TV series set as a detective procedural and was created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason an ran on NBC from 1982 to 1987. It is best remembered as launching the career of future James Bond Pierce Brosnan. The new series is being developed as a half-hour sitcom by NBC and will follow the daughter of Remington Steele, Lauren Holt as she reopens the infamous detective agency. Jay Scherick and David Ronn are writing the series spinoff for Executive Producer Heather Petrigala
The Shining
TBD
A prequel to the Steven King novel has been in development for a few years. Glen Mazzara, former showrunner on The Walking Dead wrote a screenplay that will be produced by Laeta Kalagridis, Bradley Fischer and James Vanderbilt. Titled The Overlook Hotel, it’s based on King’s original prologue that was cut from publication, telling the story of the Hotel’s original owner and robber banner Bob T. Watson. Music video director Mark Romanek was in talks to direct earlier this summer.
Tales from the Darkside
TBD
Based on the anthology horror syndicated TV series created by George A. Romero that ran from 1984-1988, the reboot series is in development with CBS Television Studios and The CW.
Terminator
July 1, 2015
The fifth feature film installment of the Terminator franchise is both a reboot and the first of a new trilogy of films. Emilia Clarke, (Mother of Dragons from Game of Thrones) will play Sarah Conner, the role originated by Linda Hamilton and Jai Courtney will be Kyle Reese, better known as the father of Sarah’s only child and leader of the human rebellion, John Conner. And yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger will portray a grey-haired Terminator. Titled Terminator: Genesys, the film reportedly will be based on a separate timeline that continued with the original sequels.
In December 2013, it was announced that a new television series will go into production, with very close tie-ins with the new trilogy as well as critical moments in the original 1984 film with the series taking a completely different direction.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
June 3, 2016
The 2014 reboot has made $300 million (and counting), so naturally a sequel has been greenlighted by Paramount Pictures with Michael Bay producing and Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec returning to write the screenplay. Be warned, some of the actors have been signed for three films.
Top Gun
TBD
In June 2013, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer stated that: “For 30 years we’ve been trying to make a sequel and we’re not going to stop. We still want to do it with Tom [Cruise] and Paramount are still interested in making it. What Tom tells me is that no matter where he goes in the world, people refer to him as Maverick. It’s something he is excited about so as long as he keeps his enthusiasm hopefully we’ll get it made.”
Transformers
2016 or 2017
The fourth installment has made over $1 billion (that’s “B” for BILLION), all but guaranteeing a fifth Transformers film. Paramount Pictures execs have also signaled there will be a sixth film, making toy manufacturer Hasbro a very happy company.
Tron
TBD
In September 2013, Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski said: “The TRON sequel is still in early stages, it’s still in the script stage. So I can’t say if and when that would go into production but the fundamental idea of the movie is something I’m very excited about, it delivers on the ideas that we set up in Legacy, especially at the end in the last five minutes, so that one is a work in progress.”
Vacation
TBD
The Griswald’s will return with Ed Helms taking on the role of son Rusty and Christina Applegate as his wife in the New Line Cinema production, written & directed by Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. The cast will also include Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Charlie Day, with possible cameo’s from mom and dad Griswald, Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo.
