Recent Retro Reboots

Director: Kaname Fujioka (as Kaname)
Star: Emmanuel Akwafo

Plot: Monster Hunter is a third-person action game set in a kind of pre-historic fantasy world. Many of the creatures you’ll see are very similar to dinosaurs, ancient relatives to modern day animals such as boars and insects, and even dragons. Next to a singleplayer mode, the game can also be played online. You can have a hunting party of up to four people,
and once you start to go after larger prey, you’ll definitely need them all.

Rebooted: Monster Hunter, open in theaters on December 25, 2020 (USA).

Director: Ron Underwood
Writers: S.S. Wilson (story), Brent Maddock (story)
Stars: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter

Plot: Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.

Rebooted: Tremors: Shrieker Island, open in theaters on October 20, 2020 (USA).

Director: John Guillermin
Writer: Anthony Shaffer (screenplay)
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale

Plot: As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile,
a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Rebooted: Death on the Nile, has been pushed back to April 2021 (USA).

Director: George Cukor
Writers: Charles Dickens (by), Hugh Walpole (adaptation)
Stars: Freddie Bartholomew, Frank Lawton, Edna May Oliver

Plot: A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.

Rebooted: The Personal History of David Copperfield, open in theaters on August 28, 2020 (USA).

Director: Stephen Herek
Writers: Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin

Plot: Two seemingly dumb teens set off on a quest to prepare the ultimate historical presentation with the help of a time machine.

Rebooted: Bill and Ted Face the Music, open in theaters on August 28, 2020 (USA).

Creators: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Joseph Barbera
Stars: Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe

Plot: A group of teenage friends and their Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries, while returning from or going to a regular teenage function.

Rebooted: Scoob!, open in theaters on May 15, 2020 (USA).

Directors: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Writers: James Ashmore Creelman (screen play), Richard Connell (from the O.Henry prize winning collection story by)
Stars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks

Plot: An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers.

Rebooted: The Hunt, open in theaters on March 13, 2020 (USA).

Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Writers: Robert D. San Souci (based on a story by), Rita Hsiao (screenplay by)
Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong

Plot: To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroines in the process.

Rebooted: Mulan, open in theaters on August 21, 2020 (USA).