Despite all this, the film is also one of the most widely seen Godzilla films in the United States — it was popular in its initial theatrical release, largely due to an aggressive marketing campaign, including elaborate posters of the two title monsters battling atop New York City's World Trade Center towers, presumably to capitalize on the hype surrounding the Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong, which used a similar image for its own poster.

Originally, this film was going to be a remake of King Kong vs. Godzilla with the title Godzilla vs. King Kong, but Turner Entertainment demanded too much money for the use of Kong.

* In modern times, the historical figure lent his name to Imhotep, the title character of the 1932 film The Mummy and its 1999 remake along with a sequel.

In October 2007, Elle Magazine revealed that Rodríguez cast McGowan as the title role in his remake of Barbarella.

A film version under the same name was made by Gainsborough Studios in 1947, and a remake entitled The Dark Angel, starring Peter O ' Toole as the title character, was made in 1987.

Nintendo has confirmed an original Zelda title for the Nintendo 3DS and are also considering a Majora's Mask remake.

Another title is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Ura, intended to be an upgraded remake of Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64DD.

The second remake was in 3-D and released in September 2006 under the title Night of the Living Dead 3-D, directed by Jeff Broadstreet.

Later appearances included the television film Divorce His – Divorce Hers ( 1973 ) opposite then-wife Elizabeth Taylor ( a prophetic title, since their first marriage would be dissolved less than a year later ), a remake of the classic film Brief Encounter ( 1974 ) that was considered vastly inferior to the 1945 original, and a critically applauded performance as Winston Churchill in The Gathering Storm ( 1974 ).

This usage lent its title to the 1969 film Rhubarb and its 1980 remake Rhubarb Rhubarb.

In 1943, Rains played the title character in Universal's full-colour remake of Phantom of the Opera.

She also starred in 1968 with Steve McQueen in the caper film The Thomas Crown Affair ( and had a small role in the 1999 remake with the same title with Pierce Brosnan ).

Not all remakes use the same title as the previously released version ; the 1966 film Walk, Don't Run, for example, is a remake of the World War II comedy The More the Merrier.

In 1929, Warner persuaded British stage and screen actor George Arliss to play the title role in a remake of the 1921 United Artists film, Disraeli, a project that turned out to be a box-office hit.

The title of the Portuguese remake, Sim, Sr. Ministro ( from 1996 ), is a direct translation of the original's title.

The Swan is a 1956 remake by MGM of a 1925 Paramount film with the same title.

That same year Wario was also featured in the video game Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman !, a remake of a Bomberman title for the Game Boy which incorporated Wario as a playable character.

Whitman was initially cast in the 2007 series remake of The Bionic Woman, playing the deaf younger sister of the title character.

In January 2011, Variety announced that Will Smith was planning to remake Annie with his daughter Willow Smith in the title role.

2005 saw Hawke star in the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13, a loose remake of John Carpenter's 1976 film of the same title, with an updated plot.

The title track " Falling into You " and " River Deep, Mountain High " ( a Tina Turner cover ) made prominent use of percussion instruments ; " It's All Coming Back to Me Now " ( a remake of Jim Steinman's song ) and a remake of Eric Carmen's " All by Myself " kept their soft-rock atmosphere, but were combined with the classical sound of the piano ; and the number-one single " Because You Loved Me ", which was written by Diane Warren, was a ballad that served as the theme to the 1996 film Up Close & Personal.

The commercial success of the title prompted the release of an expanded version for the PlayStation and PC, titled Metal Gear Solid: Integral ; and a remake, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes was later released for the Nintendo GameCube.

He collaborated with Djelimady Tounkara on a remake of Kuti's track, " Years of Tears and Sorrow ".

In early 2001, Payne released a new album entitled Come See About Me for the Volt Records label ( the title track is a remake of The Supremes ' hit ).

Night of the Demons, a 2009 remake of the classic 1987 cult horror film, featured 45 Grave's title track.

The European release of this album was titled Dreamland, and featured many track changes, dropping five songs and adding four others, including a remake of their 1989 Canadian hit " Still Loving You.

In the first part of 2006, Australian guitar band Youth Group took their remake of " Forever Young " to No. 1 in the Official Australian Charts, thanks in part to exposure the track had received from being on popular US TV series The O. C.

The band Teddy & His Patches recorded a track called " Suzy Creamcheese " which contains a remake of the intro to " The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet.

Another track was the upbeat 1998 remake of The Police's " Invisible Sun ", performed with Sting.

In a commentary track on the Ultimate Edition DVD for the original George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead, Richard P. Rubinstein, producer of both the original and the remake, explained that Tolkin further developed the characters, while Frank provided some of the bigger and upbeat action sequences.

The Boones twice reached Billboard's AC charts with 1975's " When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes " ( No. 25 ), a remake of the Supremes ' first top 40 hit, and 1977's " Hasta Mañana " ( No. 32 ), a cover of a track from ABBA's Waterloo album.

The group's next recording was a remake of the Eurythmics ' " Sisters Are Doin ' It for Themselves " recorded with Natalia: this track spent sixteen weeks in the Top 20 of Belgium's Flemish chart from October 2005 with a peak of # 2.

The Flaming Lips have covered the song in their 2009 remake of The Dark Side of the Moon, with singer Peaches performing Clare Torry's vocal segment of the track and Henry Rollins recreating the original interview samples.

Larson almost had a hit with her remake of " I Only Want to Be With You " (# 53 ) perhaps the least effective track on All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go ; that album was produced by Andrew Gold.

The title track from their 2nd full-length Korean album, Sunset Glow, a remake of Lee Moon Sae's Red Sunset.

The track " Little Darling ( I Need You )" is a remake of the Marvin Gaye 1966 hit.

The success of the " Walk This Way " remake helped bring hip hop into popularity with a mainstream white audience, following an earlier experimental track by rap artist LL Cool J, " Rock the Bells ", where he had fused conventional rap lyrics over a hard rock arrangement.

Shelton recorded the title track for the " Footloose " remake film released on October 14, 2011.

It contains hard rock such as Welcome To The Club and a remake of the Barnstorm track, " Turn To Stone ".

The standout track on the album is a remake of Bob Marley's ' Could you be loved '.

Nonetheless, a remake of the track appeared in a revised form on A Perfect Circle's 2004 cover album eMOTIVe under the title " Passive ".

Because of her father's wide recognition in the music industry, legend artist Mohammed Abdel Wahab gave Angham the copyright of his track " Basbosa " ( Cute Girl ) to remake it in her new debut record.

His final track, " Go ," is a remake of the Hillsong United ( band ) song with the same name.

The Cowboy Junkies ' contribution to the soundtrack is a remake of a Robert Johnson song, while the Bad Brains and Henry Rollins track is a cover of the MC5 anthem.