Because of illness, he asked his son-in-law, actor Anthony Quinn, to direct a remake of his 1938 film The Buccaneer ; although DeMille served as executive producer, he was unhappy with Quinn's work and tried unsuccessfully to remedy the situation.

A multiplayer remake, Sid Meier's CivNet was released for the PC in 1995.

Emlyn Williams was cast as Caligula in the never-completed 1937 film I, Claudius, and Courtney Love appeared as Caligula in a fake trailer for Gore Vidal's Caligula, ostensibly a remake of the 1979 film, but actually a parodic short film by conceptual artist Francesco Vezzoli.

The movie was directed by George Marshall and is a remake of a 1932 version starring Tom Mix.

* An almost shot-for-shot remake of the 1939 production, Destry ( 1954 ), was also directed by George Marshall and stars Audie Murphy and Thomas Mitchell.

His feature film debut was in producer Samuel Goldwyn's Technicolor 1944 comedy Up in Arms, a remake of Goldwyn's Eddie Cantor comedy Whoopee!

Work on a script for a further film has started although it was announced on July 13, 2011 that Raimi and Campbell would now shift focus to a remake of the original film.

On February 3, 2012 it was announced that actress Jane Levy, who currently stars in the television series Suburgatory, would be replacing Lily Collins as the star of the upcoming remake.

Scottish actor Gerard Butler was close to signing a deal where he would play Snake Plissken in a remake of Carpenter's movie.

" Russell has commented on the remake and on the casting of Butler as Plissken, saying, " I will say that when I was told who was going to play Snake Plissken, my initial reaction was ' Oh, man!

In 2004, Wray was approached by director Peter Jackson to appear in a small cameo for the 2005 remake of King Kong.

Capra's final theatrical film was with Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, named Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ), a remake of his 1933 film Lady for a Day.

Following the production, Brauner was ready to proceed with his remake of Das Testament des Doctor Mabuse when Lang approached him with the idea of adding another original film to the series.

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 December 1952, Cukor was approached by Sid Luft, who proposed the director helm a musical remake of the 1937 film A Star is Born with his then-wife Judy Garland in the lead role.

His most notable project during this period was the ill-fated Something's Got to Give, an updated remake of the 1940 screwball comedy My Favorite Wife.

In 1976 he was hired by Barbra Streisand and her producer-boyfriend Jon Peters to play Bobby Ritchie, road manager to Kris Kristofferson's character in the remake film A Star is Born.

A pornographic remake of the film, entitled Glen & Glenda, was released the same year as Ed Wood and featured much the same script as the original film, as well as explicit sex scenes.

The success of foreign language foreign films continued with the Swedish films Marianne ( 2011 ) and Let the Right One In ( 2008 ), which was later the subject of a Hollywood remake, Let Me In ( 2010 ).

In addition to 2004's remake of Dawn of the Dead, as well as 2003's remake of both Herschell Gordon Lewis ' cult classic 2001 Maniacs and the remake of Tobe Hooper's classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, there was also the 2007 Rob Zombie written and directed remake of John Carpenter's Halloween.

On July 13, 2011, Campbell announced that he would be producing the remake of The Evil Dead along with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert.

Breck Eisner has been announced as the director of the remake.

In May 2007 it was announced that Rodríguez had signed on to direct a remake of Barbarella for a 2008 release.

At the Berlinale 2010, De Niro, Scorsese, and Lars von Trier announced plans to work on a remake of Taxi Driver.

In a remake of The Dam Busters by Peter Jackson announced in 2008, Stephen Fry, the writer of the screenplay, said there was " no question in America that you could ever have a dog called the N-word ".

In 2007, Vivendi announced a mobile game remake of Love for Sail !.

On October 10, 2011, Lifetime Television Network announced that a remake of the film is planned featuring African-American actors in the lead roles.

In October 2008, it was announced that Straczynski was engaged to pen a remake of the science fiction classic Forbidden Planet.

In January 2011, it was announced that Eastwood was in talks to direct Beyoncé Knowles in a third remake of the 1937 film A Star Is Born ; however, the project was delayed due to Beyoncé ’ s pregnancy.

On 22 August the Syfy network announced that Joe Pokaski would develop the script and Martin Campbell would direct the new remake.

Universal Studios announced that a remake is in the works with a release date set for 2013.

Universal Studios announced that a new film based on the game-though not explicitly a remake of the 1985 film-was in the works ( they later dropped the film ; however, it is still in the works as Hasbro is teamed up with Gore Verbinski ( who will also direct ) and is set for release in 2013.

Towne has been announced as writer-director of The 39 Steps, a 2011 remake of the 1935 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

A remake was announced and might be presented in 3D.

Dimension Films ' remake of Hellraiser was announced in November 2006.

Also in 2009, it was announced that a Dutch remake would be made by S & V Fiction for VPRO, lasting 11 episodes.

On April 6, 2010, a remake of The Toxic Avenger was announced.

* Film: In 2011 it was announced that Johnny Depp would star as Nick Charles in a remake of The Thin Man to reach theatres in 2013.

On 13 June 2012, it was announced that Laurie was in negotiations to play the villain in Robocop, a remake of the original Robocop film .< ref >

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

In August 2009 it was announced that Steven Spielberg was to direct a remake of the film, with production beginning in 2010.

Johnson claimed he was in negotiations for a TV adaptation of his sequel novel, but in October 2008, Warner Bros. Television announced they were producing a complete remake of V instead.

In 2010, Tony Scott announced a remake of The Warriors, this time to be set in Los Angeles.