Storytelling: Remakes& reboots (and re-imaginings)

Sometimes a movie is just not good enough and you have to make it again. Sometimes a movie is so good, you want to make it again too. And sometimes you just want to make something completely different and give it the same title.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The Mist, King Kong, Ben-hur, The Time Machine, Abre Los Ojos / Vanilla Sky, (The) Loft, Bad Boys, Ringu / The Ring, The Grudge, The Office, 101 Dalmatians, Cinderella, Beauty & The Beast, The Lion King, Maleficent, Aladdin, Dumbo, Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead, Planet of the Apes, Jumanji, I Am Legend / The Omega Man, Batman Begins, Spiderman, Tomb Raider, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Jurassic World, James Bond, The Neverending Story, Dracula