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Movies that have been remade more than once?

posted 3 years ago by HorrorMetal (835)
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King Kong
Night of the Living Dead
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Carrie
The Great Gatsby
The Mummy
Freaky Friday
Annie

Any others?

EDIT: I know that multiple films based on the same book technically wouldn't count since they are just adaptions of the same source material and are otherwise unrelated. Others have correctly pointed this out already and I've actually brought that up on these boards in the past. But let's go ahead and include those anyway just to make it more interesting and allow for longer discussion. Otherwise, this would likely be a rather short list.

[–] Stratego (29288) 3 years ago

A Star is Born

[–] Rockman4 (1592) 3 years ago

Black Christmas
Godzilla

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

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[–] mcqueen (1150) 3 years ago

Ben-Hur

[–] Kowalski (59236) 3 years ago

THE LONGEST YARD.(3 VERSIONS)

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1,2,3.(3 VERSIONS)

I AM LEGEND.(4 VERSIONS)

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.(4 VERSIONS)

A STAR IS BORN.(4 VERSIONS)

SEVEN SAMURAI.(4 VERSIONS)

KING KONG.(4 VERSIONS)

ANNIE.(5 VERSIONS)

LITTLE WOMEN.(5 VERSIONS)

BATMAN.(6 VERSIONS)

AND THE WINNER WITH 9 DEFFIERENT VERSIONS OF THE FILM OVER THE YEARS...A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

[–] beantown23 (1438) 3 years ago

Mutiny on the Bounty

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72203) 3 years ago

The 1954 story I Am Legend (by Richard Matheson) has at least 4 film adaptations...it's a good book and places the foundations for the main character's conflict in the various film iterations...When you are the last human in a world full
of monsters do you become the boogeyman?

•The Last Man On Earth
•I Am Omega
•Omega man
•I Am Legend

[–] Kowalski (59236) 3 years ago

I WASNT AWARE OF THE 3.3 RATED I AM OMEGA...IT LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE TURDS..BUT IT COUNTS.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72203) 3 years ago

It was enjoyably stupid, that Mark Dacascos guy from The Iron Chef TV show ran around fung-fu-ing dudes in rubber monster suits...good corny fun

[–] Kowalski (59236) 3 years ago

DID HE TELL THEM WHAT A BIG FAN HE WAS FIRST?

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72203) 3 years ago

No, he did a big dramatic wave, tore a cloth off of a butcher block and shouted 'TALAPIA!' every time he messed a dude up

[–] Kowalski (59236) 3 years ago

NICE.

[–] Moonglum9 (10726) 3 years ago

In the words of his famous uncle: Alakazaam!

[–] Kowalski (59236) 3 years ago

WEIRD FACT:I READ I AM LEGEND IN JAIL.🤔

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72203) 3 years ago

Serves you right for not rewinding your video rentals!

[–] Kowalski (59236) 3 years ago

HEY BITCH!...I AM ALWAYS KIND...I ALWAYS REWIND.🤬📼

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72203) 3 years ago

Everybody in Attica is totally innocent don't 'ya know🙄

[–] Kowalski (59236) 3 years ago

EXCEPT THE RAPISTS...THEY KEEP CONFESSING...INTO OTHER DUDES.🤨

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 3 years ago

Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!

😎

[–] PaladinNJ (20324) 3 years ago

110 versions of A Christmas Carol exist.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 3 years ago

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017)

[–] Eric56 (4580) 3 years ago

Wasn't "Ben-Hur" remade?

[–] samoanjoes (51245) 3 years ago

Yes. Twice.

[–] Eric56 (4580) 3 years ago

Fun trivia that I bet most people don't realize is that "Titanic" (1997) was actually a remake from "A Night To Remember" (1958). Not to mention, ANTR was clearly the more superior film and I throughly enjoyed it more than the 1997 Cameron film.

The only thing the 1997 version had going for it was that the ship sanked in half (understandable given the wreck was discovered in 1985) and that the technology was better in the Cameron film. That's it. ANTR was the superior film despite being made in the late 50s.

Am I right?

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8309) 3 years ago

That title sounds vaguely familiar but I knew nothing about the film. That definitely sounds interesting though. I may even watch it tonight!

[–] Eric56 (4580) 3 years ago

It's free on YouTube.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8309) 3 years ago

Thanks for the heads up!

[–] moviechatterer (13451) 3 years ago

"Titanic" (1997) was actually a remake from "A Night To Remember"

There are some people who dont realise the first incarnation was an actual real life event.

[–] PaladinNJ (20324) 3 years ago

Titanic (1997) is not considered a remake of Night to Remember (1958). It's a completely different story based on the same historical event.

[–] ColumboKate (5322) 3 years ago

Yeah, I never thought of it as a remake. I like the newer version just because it looks so good, but A Night To Remember is a much better story.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 3 years ago

Having been interested in the Titanic for some time, I also like the 1997 version because of the attention to detail. James Cameron was able to access the blueprints (that were thought to have been lost) and plans courtesy of shipbuilder Harland and Wolff, who found these in their private archives.

Someone should remake A Night to Remember using these blueprints and plans.