It's no secret that Hollywood seems to be running out of ideas for original movies nowadays. Almost every other movie that comes out seems to be either a sequel, a remake, or some Godawful Uwe Boll-inspired trash based on a game or book. I think for a while I was able to laugh all this off, since I probably wouldn't watch any of these anyway. But it was with the confirmation of the Alvin and the Chipmunks, and now Dragonball Z movies (neither of which are looking to appeal to any audience in particular) that I'm really left in disbelief. Some of this shit really is mind-boggling.
So what else do we have in store?
This is sort of old news by now, but still bears mentioning just because it's that fucking insane:
Jurassic Park 4 - Dinosaurs with Laser Beams
Also:
Terminator 4 - Because T3 wasn't nearly shitty enough
Shrek 4 (prequel)
Will Smith to direct Karate Kid remake - starring Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi
Johnny Quest live action movie
Remake of Hitchcock's The Birds
And the most bizarre news I've heard so far....I think we're long past the point of "Hollywood is running out of ideas" and are moving into a "Hollywood thinking up the craziest shit" era:
Joust movie announced - DOS games are apparently the next frontier
So yeah, I think individual threads for discussion of all these movies should be created (if anyone actually bothers watching them), but I think it'd be fun to keep track of news of and discuss/bash/ridicule some of these truly bizarre movie announcements. Which movies do you know will bomb, and should never have made it past a drunken suggestion, and what could possibly be next on the list?
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