20 Movies You Didn’t Know Were Being Rebooted

The Birds

Who should you get to do a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterfully suspenseful yet understated thriller? Why, Michael Bay, of course. Yup, in a mind-boggling move, the Transformer director is taking a break from messing with your 80s favourites to produce this remake (though Dutch filmmaker Diederick Van Rooijen will actually helm the movie). If this one does manage to take flight, expect killer birds that explode and Megan Fox in the lead.

Don’t Look Now

Clearly some Hollywood exec is currently watching old movies based on the works of British author Daphne Du Maurier. 1973’s Don’t Look Now from visionary director Nicholas Roeg is often considered a near-peerless piece of horror filmmaking – but that hasn’t prevented it from getting a remake. Not much is known about it yet, but original star Donald Sutherland has already called the very idea of it “shameful.” We hear you, Donald.

Flash Gordon

Flash “ah-ahh!” Gordon, the saviour of the universe most known from the campy Queen-scored 1980s movie, looks to be on his way back to cinemas soon. Patrick McKay and JD Payne (who wrote a first draft of Star Trek Beyond) are on scriptwriting duties, though a director has yet to be found. Kingsman’s Matthew Vaughn was apparently being courted, but he does have several films on his slate already, so we wouldn’t put much faith in that happening.

Van Helsing

The Hugh Jackman starring horror actioner Van Helsing is only 12 years old, but Universal are rebooting it to tie in with their classic monsters cinematic universe. Apparently, it will be inspired by Mad Max somehow. Other Universal monster remakes on the slate include The Mummy, The Invisible Man and The Bride of Frankenstein. Those movies have already nabbed Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe and Javier Bardem, so expect another big name here.