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Another George Romero flick, this one dealing with “sort of zombies” instead of actual ones, gets the remake treatment and we’ve got a surprisingly awesome trailer for you.

The ‘Fame’ remake owes a lot more to ‘High School Musical’ and other films of its ilk than the 1980 original.

Rob Zombie’s newest abortion horror film, Halloween 2, hits theaters today but he’s already deciding what to screw with next. A third Halloween perhaps? An original horror film? A movie with real characters instead of white-trash caricatures? What’s a shtick-rocker turned shit-director to do?

Just like you might expect, the authors of the original manga are upset that the production of the 2003 version of Oldboy felt they could sell the rights to anyone they pleased.

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is a made-for-TV movie from the early seventies, and is notable for being one of the only two terrifying TV movies ever made. Now its getting a redo with Katie Holmes and director Troy Nixey.

Rejoice! A Missing in Action remake is coming!

This isn’t necessarily new news, but it does move recent rumors into the realm of official announcement. Universal has hired Ronald Moore to write the big-budget “remake/re-imagining/prequel” of John Carpenter’s The Thing.

Have you ever gone into a movie expecting the worst and then been pleasantly surprised? This is not one of those movies.

Sure, Twilight successfully lowered the bar dramatically when it comes to the quality of bestselling fiction and film. But it also may have put a stop to an unnecessary remake, so that’s a plus.

Chris Rock is writing and starring in a remake of the 2007 British comedy, Death at a Funeral. A film that came out just last year, was directed by an American (Frank Oz), had pretty good exposure here in the US, and is already in English.

Get it? Second Halloween 2? Because its the second time there is a second Halloween movie. God, I hate remakes.

Cloverfield director Matt Reeves, has signed to direct a remake of the recent Swedish vampire movie, Let the Right One In.

The Coroner snaps a picture of “Shutter” and decides to expose the whole roll to noon day sun.

Wes Anderson loves France enough to extend his stay at the Hotel Chevalier and remake a French film. Cranky antiques dealers are involved. Hopefully pretension won’t be.

Why do I still get the feeling that Keanu Reeves is going to make a lackluster Klaatu in the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still?

It came as no surprise to hear from First Showing that The Incredible Hulk director, Louis Leterrier, is moving on to his next project, a remake of the classic Clash of the Titans.

Surprisingly, the troll will not be played by older sister Lindsay.

Robert Fure finds the cure for “The Andromeda Strain.” Don’t watch it.

Horror film maker Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes remake) is currently directing a remake of Joe Dante’s 1978 Piranha, and the news is that this chomping romp will be presented in glorious 3D.

Bolstered to stardom by the High School Musical franchise, sexy and now pop-music starlet Ashley Tisdale will star in the upcoming United Artists remake of Teen Witch.