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The Film and TV Reboot Explosion

September 27, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at a current explosion of reboots in film and TV, with many from properties no one remembers anyway… The idea of a reboot isn’t exactly unfamiliar. Hollywood is on a very well worn trail that is littered with remakes, reboots, sequels, whatever you want to call them. Some might say Hollywood has […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Television, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Candyman, Charlie's Angels, Eraser, Flight of the Navigator, He's All That, Nighthawks, Point Break, She's All That, The Hitcher, Turner and Hooch

Bryce Dallas Howard directing female-led reboot of Flight of the Navigator for Disney+

September 16, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

Flight of the Navigator is one of those cherished childhood VHS vehicles which has been the subject of sequel and reboot rumours for longer than David Freeman was abducted in the 1986 family film, but now it appears to have finally landed at Disney+, with Bryce Dallas Howard producing and directing a female-led reboot. Deadline […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Bryce Dallas Howard, Disney, Flight of the Navigator

Essential Time Travel Movies Part II

February 20, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up a second round of essential time travel movies… Having already established that cinema has a longstanding fascination with time travel with my previous ten essentials, it’s high time to add another ten to the mix. As a starting point for so many films it goes without saying that there have been […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 12 Monkeys, Arrival, Back to the Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Deja Vu, Donnie Darko, Flight of the Navigator, Idiocracy, Safety Not Guaranteed, time bandits

Neill Blomkamp’s OATS Studios remaking Flight of the Navigator?

November 26, 2017 by Gary Collinson

After releasing a number of acclaimed shorts [watch them here], it looks like District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp’s OATS Studios has now found its first feature project, with the South African filmmaker revealing on Twitter that the studio is set to tackle the remake of the 80s favourite Flight of the Navigator. https://twitter.com/NeillBlomkamp/status/933113269652303877 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Flight of the Navigator, Neill Blomkamp

Lucifer showrunner to write Flight of the Navigator reboot

October 1, 2017 by Gary Collinson

It looks like Hollywood is set to take another crack at a reboot of the 80s sci-fi adventure Flight of the Navigator, with THR reporting that Joe Henderson, showrunner of Fox’s Lucifer, has signed on to pen the script for Lionsgate. The 1986 movie, directed by Randal Kleiser (Grease), revolved around a 12-year-old boy who […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Flight of the Navigator, Joe Henderson

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