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{{trope}}
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It has become common in the past few decades to make updated versions of older films. This can be done for several reasons: the director may be a fan of the original work, the studios may want to [[Money, Dear Boy|capitalize on nostalgia]], or the writers may want to approach the original plot from a different angle. A movie is not a remake if it is based on the same source as an earlier film, such as the 1967 and 1998 versions of ''Doctor Doolittle'', which were both based on the book series.▼
A variation on
▲It has become common in the past few decades to make updated versions of older films. This can be done for several reasons: the director may be a fan of the original work, the studios may want to capitalize on nostalgia, or the writers may want to approach the original plot from a different angle. A movie is not a remake if it is based on the same source as an earlier film, such as the 1967 and 1998 versions of ''Doctor Doolittle'', which were both based on the book series.
▲A variation on [[The Remake]] is the [[Foreign Remake]], an [[Cultural Translation|English version of a foreign movie]]. It can be between any two countries, such as ''[[The Ring]]'', a Japanese film remade in the US.
The [[Video Game Remake]] is a subtrope of this, as is [[The Film of the Series]].
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Not to be confused with the [[Resident Evil|REmake]], which is a specific example of a [[Video Game Remake]].
Remakes are also similar to [[Continuity Reboot
Often, a [[Tone Shift]] will be part of the Remake.
{{examples
== Straight remakes ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* ''[[Doraemon]]'' does this for newer audiences and to keep the series alive - with [[Art Evolution]] (and, unfortunately, more censorship).▼
=== Film ===
* The 2010 version of ''[[The Karate Kid]]''
* The 2001 version of ''[[
* The 1976 and 2005 versions of ''[[King Kong]]''.
** ''[[Mighty Joe Young]]'' is also a friendlier remake of King Kong.
* The 1996 version of ''[[The Nutty Professor]]''.
* ''[[Flubber]]'' was a remake of a 1961 film called ''The Absent-Minded Professor''.
* The 1995 and 2003 versions of ''[[Freaky Friday]]''.
* The 1998 version of ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]''.
** The 1961 ''Parent Trap'' already was the third adaptation of the same book, Erich Kästner's ''Das doppelte Lottchen'', and thus can itself legitimately be described as a [[Foreign Remake]].
* [[The Mummy
* The 1999 version of ''[[House
* The 1959 version of ''[[
* The 1956 version of ''[[The Ten Commandments]]'' is also a remake of the 1923 silent movie of the same name. Cecil B. DeMille directed both.
* The 1956 film ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] is the remake of his own 1934 film with the same title.
* The 1986 version of ''[[The Fly]]'' is a remake of the 1958 version.
* The 2008 version of ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''.
* The 1998 and 2009 versions of ''[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]''.
* The 2007 version of ''Sleuth''. Notable in that it kept one of the original leads, but in the opposite role.
* The 1982 version of ''[[The Thing (
* Cracked.com gives us [http://www.cracked.com/article_17141_6-movie-remakes-that-missed-point.html this list of remakes that missed the point].▼
* An unusual triple threat: Leo McCarey's ''Love Affair'' (1939), starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer, was remade (by Leo McCarey) as ''An Affair to Remember'' (1957) with Deborah Kerr and [[Cary Grant]], which was remade ''again'' (by a different director) as ''Love Affair'' (1994) with Annette Bening and Warren Beatty. Ironically, ''[[An Affair to Remember]]'' is regarded as the best of the three, which has led to a general assumption that ''An Affair to Remember'' [[Older Than They Think|was the original]].
* The 2005 version of ''[[The Bad News Bears]]''.
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* ''Heaven Can Wait'' (1978) was a remake of the 1941 film ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'', and itself was remade in 2001 as ''Down to Earth''. It has nothing to do with the 1943 film ''Heaven Can Wait'' (directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]]).
* The 1954 and 1976 versions of ''[[A Star Is Born]]'', respectively with [[Judy Garland]] and [[Barbra Streisand]].
* In 1977, ''[[
▲* ''[[Doraemon]]'' does this for newer audiences and to keep the series alive - with [[Art Evolution]] (and, unfortunately, more censorship).
* Many people don't realize that the 1941 version ''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'' is actually a remake of a film made ten years prior.
* The 1939 ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
** In the 70's, we would have ''[[The Wiz]]'' and later, [[The Muppets]] made their own version. Both involved veteran Muppeteer [[Frank Oz|Frank]] [[Meaningful Name|Oz]].
* The 1983 version of ''[[Scarface]]'' is also a little better known than the 1932 version. And that one is probably better known than the version made in 1928.
* The 2009 remake of ''[[Fame]]''.
* ''[[Piranha 3D]]'', the 2010 remake of ''[[
* The [[Fright Night (2011 film)|2011 remake]] of ''[[Fright Night]]''.
=== Live-Action TV ===
* The 1992 version of the British sci-fi series "The Tomorrow People"▼
* The 2000-2001 version of ''The Fugitive''.▼
* The 2007 version of ''Bionic Woman''.▼
* The 2007 version of ''[[Police, Camera, Action!]]'', although that was probably due to a [[Role
* The 2003 miniseries and 2004-2009 version of ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''.▼
* ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' of 2002-03 was admittedly a remake of the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' from 1979.▼
* A good chunk of Hispanic [[Soap Opera
** Sadly, they remade it again in 2009, and [[Ruined FOREVER|ruined it again]].▼
* Game shows do this all the time. The best ones came during the '70s and '80s, where ''The Match Game'' became ''Match Game '7x'', ''The Price Is Right'' evolved into ''The (New) Price Is Right'', ''Pyramid'' kept climbing in dollar amounts, and ''Password'' would become ''Password Plus'' and later ''Super Password''. There were numerous "Same shows, new hosts" examples as well, such as ''Family Feud'' (Richard Dawson, then Ray Combs) and ''Card Sharks'' (Jim Perry, then Bob Eubanks). More recent revivals tend to fall a bit flat by comparison (''Match Game '98'' with Michael Burger, ''Card Sharks '01''...just, ''Card Sharks '01'', ''Family Feud'' with pretty much everyone since Ray
** On the other hand, GSN's remake of Lingo (hosted by Chuck Woolery) [[Your Mileage May Vary|was actually superior to the original]].▼
* The 2009 [[Britcom]] ''Reggie Perrin'', a remake of the 1970s [[Britcom]] ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]''.▼
* The 2009 version of ''[[V (TV series)|V]]''.▼
* The 2010 version of ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]''.▼
* The 2011 version of ''Charlie's Angels''.▼
=== Web Original ===
▲* Cracked.com gives us [http://www.cracked.com/article_17141_6-movie-remakes-that-missed-point.html this list of remakes that missed the point].
=== Multimedia ===
* The play ''[[The Front Page]]'' by Hecht and MacArthur was first adapted into a movie in 1931, starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien. Howard Hawks remade it in 1940 as ''[[His Girl Friday]]'' with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel, gender-flipping the role of reporter Hildy Johnson. In 1974 Billy Wilder flipped Hildy Johnson's gender back to male in his screen adaptation with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Then in 1988 Ted Kotcheff remade it for the satellite television age with Burt Reynolds and Kathleen Turner, flipping Hildy back to female.
** The 1979-2009 versions of ''Star Trek''▼
** The 2005 version of ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''.▼
** The 2005 version of ''The Honeymooners''.▼
** The 2008 version of ''[[Speed Racer]]'', a [[Live Action Adaptation]].▼
** The 1993 version of ''The Fugitive''.▼
** The 2007 ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]''.▼
*** Along with the 2009 sequel, ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''.▼
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Rebuild of Evangelion]]''.▼
** The two Peter Cushing [[
** ''[[Kamen Rider the First]]'', a 2005 remake of the original ''[[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Kamen Rider]]''. Followed in 2007 by ''[[Kamen Rider the Next]]'', a remake of ''[[Kamen Rider V 3
** The 2007 version of [[Alvin and The Chipmunks]], along with its [[Just for Pun|Squeakquel]].▼
**
== [[Foreign Remake]] ==
=== Film ===
* ''The Ring'', a remake of the Japanese film ''Ringu''.
* ''[[A
** Which itself acquired two sequels, [[The Good, the Bad
* ''Nightwatch'', a remake of the Danish film ''Nattevagten''.
* ''Jungle 2 Jungle'', a remake of the French film ''Un indien dans la ville''.
* ''The Point of No Return'', a remake of the French film ''Nikita''.
* ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', an elaborated remake of the 1951 West German film ''Fanfaren der Liebe''.
* ''Taxi'', the 2003 remake of the French original.
* ''Father's Day'', the 1997 remake of the French film ''Les Compères''
* ''[[The Departed]]'', a remake of the Hong Kong movie ''Infernal Affairs''
* The 2010 remake of the 2007 movie ''Death At a Funeral''. Bizarrely unneeded, as the original came out not even three years before the film was made, has one of the same actors returning for the same character, and is exactly the same in every way except the characters are black.
* ''[[
* ''Just Visiting'', a remake of the French film ''Les Visiteurs''.
* ''Welcome to Collinwood'', the 2002 remake of the Italian film ''I soliti ignoti'', with [[George Clooney]] reprising [[
* ''[[True Lies]]'', a remake of the French film ''La Totale!''.
* ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'' is a remake of the Japanese film ''[[Seven Samurai]]'', which was then remade [[In Space]] as ''Battle Beyond the Stars'', remade ''and'' computer animated as ''[[A Bugs Life (Animation)|A Bugs Life]]'', then remade ''yet again'' as the anime ''Samurai Seven''.▼
* ''Shall We Dance'', the 2004 American remake of the 1996 Japanese movie. Neither is related to the 1937 movie musical of the same title.
* ''Quarantine'', a 2008 remake of the Spanish film ''<nowiki>
* ''Vanilla Sky'' was a remake of the Spanish ''Abre los Ojos''.
** With [[
* The 1998 American version of ''[[Godzilla]]''.
** The
* ''The Birdcage'', a remake of the French ''la Cage Aux Folles''
* ''[[The Wicker Man]]'' was remade in the States in 2006, with [[Nicolas Cage]] in a bear suit.
* ''[[Last Man Standing (
** And since it stars [[Bruce Willis]] could probably be
* ''[[
* The 2010 film ''Let Me In'' is an American remake of the 2008 Swedish vampire film ''Let the Right One In''.
* [[King Kong]] has a few in Asia, although [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on whether they are direct remakes or rip-offs:
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** ''The Mighty Peking Man'' from [[Hong Kong]].
** There was a joint US/Korean production called ''A.P.E.'', which is famous for featuring the mom from [[Growing Pains]] and a giant monkey giving the [[Flipping the Bird|finger to the military.]]
**
===
* NBC's [[The Office]] is the Americanized version of the BBC series. Well at least it didn't end up like their ''[[Coupling]]''...
* ABC made [[Life On Mars]], another BBC show.
* ''[[American Idol]]'' and its counterpart ''Canadian Idol'' are actually the US and Canadian versions of the hit British talent show, ''Pop Idol''. This applies to any other show with the title ''*Insert Nationality Here* Idol''.
* [[Traffic]] was originally an English TV miniseries, remade as a [[Film Of The Series]], which in turn was made into another US TV series.
* ''Snavely'' was an attempt to make an
** There was another attempt to remake it with [[Bea Arthur]] as the gender-swapped version of John Cleese's character.
* ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' was a remake of the British ''[[Steptoe and Son]]''.
* ''[[
** ''[[The Ropers]]'' was based on the British ''[[George And Mildred]]''.
** ''[[Threes A Crowd]]'' was based on the British ''[[Robins Nest]]''.
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* [[The Killing]] is a remake of the Danish series Forbrydelsen (The Crime).
* The Swedish series ''Wallander'' was remade by [[The BBC]].
* ''[[The Upper Hand]]'' was a remake of ''[[
=== Multimedia ===
▲{{smallcaps|TV shows remade as movies}} ([[The Film of the Series]])
▲* ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'' is a remake of the Japanese film ''[[Seven Samurai]]'', which was then remade [[In Space]] as ''Battle Beyond the Stars'', remade ''and'' computer animated as ''[[A
▲* The 1979-2009 versions of ''Star Trek''
* There
▲* The 2005 version of ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''.
▲* The 2005 version of ''The Honeymooners''.
▲* The 2008 version of ''[[Speed Racer]]'', a [[Live Action Adaptation]].
▲* The 1993 version of ''The Fugitive''.
▲* The 2007 ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]''.
▲** Along with the 2009 sequel, ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''.
▲* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Rebuild of Evangelion]]''.
▲* The two Peter Cushing [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] films of the mid-1960s are remakes of TV scripts (''The Daleks'' and ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth''), one of the many reasons they aren't canon.
▲* The [[Get Smart (Film)|2008 version]] of ''[[Get Smart (TV)|Get Smart]]''.
▲* There is talk of an upcoming ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' movie. It is set to star {{spoiler|Keanu Reeves. May God have mercy on us all.}}
** Cowboy Ted at his Matrix?
▲* ''[[Kamen Rider the First]]'', a 2005 remake of the original ''[[Kamen Rider (TV)|Kamen Rider]]''. Followed in 2007 by ''[[Kamen Rider the Next]]'', a remake of ''[[Kamen Rider V 3|Kamen Rider V3]]''.
▲* The 2007 version of [[Alvin and The Chipmunks]], along with its [[Just for Pun|Squeakquel]].
▲* the 1978 mini-series version of [[Pennies From Heaven]] with [[Bob Hoskins]] remade as a film in 1981 with [[Steve Martin]]
▲* The 1992 version of the British sci-fi series "The Tomorrow People"
▲* The 2000-2001 version of ''The Fugitive''.
▲* The 2007 version of ''Bionic Woman''.
▲* The 2007 version of ''[[Police Camera Action]]'', although that was probably due to a [[Role Ending Misdemeanor]]
▲* The 2003 miniseries and 2004-2009 version of ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''.
▲* ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' of 2002-03 was admittedly a remake of the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' from 1979.
▲* A good chunk of Hispanic [[Soap Opera|Soap Operas]] are either remakes of previous soaps (TV or radio) or adaptations of famous romantic books. One example who combine both is the famed "Corazón Salvaje" (title translates to ''Savage Heart''), who began as a romantic novel, then was adapted as a soap in [[The Sixties]], then later as a movie in [[The Seventies]], and then again as a soap in [[The Nineties]] who unusually for the trope was claimed as the better version of them all.
▲** Sadly, they remade it again in 2009, and [[Ruined FOREVER|ruined it again]].
▲* Game shows do this all the time. The best ones came during the '70s and '80s, where ''The Match Game'' became ''Match Game '7x'', ''The Price Is Right'' evolved into ''The (New) Price Is Right'', ''Pyramid'' kept climbing in dollar amounts, and ''Password'' would become ''Password Plus'' and later ''Super Password''. There were numerous "Same shows, new hosts" examples as well, such as ''Family Feud'' (Richard Dawson, then Ray Combs) and ''Card Sharks'' (Jim Perry, then Bob Eubanks). More recent revivals tend to fall a bit flat by comparison (''Match Game '98'' with Michael Burger, ''Card Sharks '01''...just, ''Card Sharks '01'', ''Family Feud'' with pretty much everyone since Ray Combs -- even an aged Richard Dawson -- until John O'Hurley came along, and ''Pyramid'' with Donny Osmond).
▲** On the other hand, GSN's remake of Lingo (hosted by Chuck Woolery) [[Your Mileage May Vary|was actually superior to the original]].
▲* The 2009 [[Britcom]] ''Reggie Perrin'', a remake of the 1970s [[Britcom]] ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]''.
▲* The 2009 version of ''[[V]]''.
▲* The 2010 version of ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]''.
▲* The 2011 version of ''Charlie's Angels''.
== Unusual/parodic remakes ==
* See the entire [[Film]] section of [[Recursive Adaptation]].
* ''[[The Brady Bunch]] Movie'' (1995).
* ''[[Airplane!]]!'' takes its plot and much of its "straight" dialogue from the 1957 drama ''Zero Hour!''.
* The novel ''[[Beau Geste]]'' was adapted to film in 1926, 1939 and 1966. In 1977 a parody titled ''The Last Remake of Beau Geste'' was made. The title became not entirely true, because BBC made a television version in 1982.
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* ''Last Man Standing'' is a remake of a remake, being a remake of a ''Fistful of Dollars'' which was a remake of ''Yojimbo''
* The movie ''State Fair'' got [[State Fair|a 1945 musical remake]], with songs by [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]. The musical itself was remade in 1962.
* Gus Van Sant's ''Psycho'' was, save for a gratuitous scene of Mister Bates... [[A Date
* If you'll believe it, a group of teenagers did a shot-for-shot remake of ''[[
* Someone remade the opening song of ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OABeWNqZph4 in live action] And it is awesome.
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