Love them or hate them,movie remakesare a venture thatHollywoodis unlikely ever to stop churning out.

It also certainly helps when the original movie isn’t all that great to begin with.

The Running Manis a wildly entertaining slice of 80s cheese that makes the most of its incredibly silly concept.

Mason Thames petting Toothless in How to Train Your Dragon 2025.

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But as they pursue their mission, they unravel secrets.

The movie follows Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod, originally played byChristopher Lambert.

After what should’ve been a mortal wounding in battle, MacLeod discovers that he is immortal.

Arnold Schwarzenegger getting shown off in 1987’s The Running Man

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After being banished from his village, MacLeod wanders for centuries in search of those like him.

A deal was struck between the two: green-card marriage for assisted fertilization treatments.

Their plans are complicated when a surprise wedding banquet is arranged to celebrate the couples' “union”.

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A man competes in a game show where killers hunt contestants as they move freely around the world. This movie, directed by Edgar Wright, is the second big-screen adaptation of the novel written by Stephen King under his pen name, Richard Bachman.

Confirmed cast members also includeMia Goth,Oscar Isaac, andRalph Ineson.

Guillermo del Torohas proven himself time and time again to beone of cinema’s most talented and visionary filmmakers.

The potential for del Toro’sFrankensteinis massiveit could very well be the definitive Frankenstein story for future generations.

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There’s just something irresistibly charming aboutJennifer Lopezbattling a 40-foot-long, man-eating snake.

This iteration ofBride of Frankensteinis being headed byMaggie Gyllenhaal.

Set in 1930s Chicago, a murdered woman is brought back to life by a mad scientist.

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That being said, there’s promising groundwork being laid that makes this a remake worth getting excited about.

Hollywood legendLiam Neesonwill be playing the son of Nielsen’s character from the originalNaked Guntrilogy.

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Three men in a room where one has medical equipment attached to him in ‘Save the Green Planet!'

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Inspired by the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet, Bugonia centers on a conspiracy-obsessed young man who kidnaps the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. But as they pursue their mission, they unravel secrets.

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Toothless looking at Hiccup in the 2025 live-action remake of ‘How To Train Your Dragon’

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Roxanne Hart and Christopher Lambert on the ground embracing in 1986’s ‘Highlander’

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Bowen Yang and Han Gi-chan embrace and look endearing in ‘The Wedding Banquet’ (2025)

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Oscar Isaac at a medical symposium in Frankenstein

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Dr. Pretorius attempts to find Frankenstein’s monster, long believed dead, to further the scientific work started by Dr. Victor Frankenstein decades before.

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An image of Jennifer Lopez from Anaconda

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A close up of Christian Bale as Frankenstein in The Bride.

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Elsa Lanchester as The Bride of Frankenstein

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Leslie Nielsen talks to a costar in The Naked Gun, 1988.

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