{"id":337,"date":"2009-02-25T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/02\/newsbites-the-reboots-and-remakes-edition\/"},"modified":"2009-02-25T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T21:40:00","slug":"newsbites-the-reboots-and-remakes-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/02\/newsbites-the-reboots-and-remakes-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"Newsbites: The reboots and remakes edition!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span style=\"font-family: georgia\"><a name=\"1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">1.<\/a> <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/battlestar-galactica-and-religion-redux.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Battlestar Galactica<\/a><\/i> has already been rebooted for TV. But now that the series is winding down \u2014 well, except for that upcoming prequel series <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/newsbites-sci-fi-and-adventure-edition.html#1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Caprica<\/a><\/i> \u2014 the studio is thinking of rebooting the franchise <i>again<\/i>, but this time for the big screen. And this time, they\u2019ll be taking their cues from the original 1970s series, rather than the popular current version; original series creator Glen A. Larson is currently in talks to write the script. \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/movies.ign.com\/articles\/953\/953459p1.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">IGN.com<\/a>, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/content_display\/film\/news\/e3i6c21c5456af552198c4cfa579b7b0f13\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"2\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">2.<\/a> The ironically-named production company Original Films is planning to make a \u201ccontemporary version\u201d of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/newsbites-violence-flightplan-muslim.html#1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Total Recall<\/a><\/i> (1990) for Columbia Pictures. \u2014 <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/content_display\/news\/e3i205e36d6d97550538e93ff0ac9df2d88\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">3.<\/a> Leonardo DiCaprio is one of a handful of people currently talking to Warner Brothers about rebooting <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/neverending-story-and-bc-place.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The NeverEnding Story<\/a><\/i> (1984-1994). \u2014 <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/content_display\/news\/e3iaeb1c24de37000acd5075b632ba318d1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.riskybusinessblog.com\/2009\/02\/by-steven-zeitchikheres-one-to-wrap-your-brain-around-the-neverending-story-might-keep-goingwarner-bros-and-a-pair-of-t.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">x2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">4.<\/a> <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/newsbites-religious-connections-edition.html#7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Borat<\/a><\/i> co-writer Peter Baynham will write a new version of the Dudley Moore comedy <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/newsbites-comics-and-remakes-edition.html#7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Arthur<\/a><\/i> (1981) as a starring vehicle for Russell Brand (<i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/hes-got-lot-to-offer-but-hes-not-funny.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Forgetting Sarah Marshall<\/a><\/i>, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/valkyrie-stories-reviews-are-up.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bedtime Stories<\/a><\/i>). \u2014 <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118000596.html?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1&amp;nid=2562\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Battlestar Galactica has already been rebooted for TV. But now that the series is winding down \u2014 well, except for that upcoming prequel series Caprica \u2014 the studio is thinking of rebooting the franchise again, but this time for the big screen. And this time, they\u2019ll be taking their cues from the original 1970s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Newsbites: The reboots and remakes edition!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1. Battlestar Galactica has already been rebooted for TV. 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