Hollywood, Back to the Future: Top filmmakers have already dipped into the sci-fi vault for 21st century remakes of “The War of the Worlds,” “The Planet of the Apes” and the upcoming “The Day the Earth Stood Still,”
so what’s next on the revival list? Plenty. Here’s a list of a dozen
remakes and revival projects now at various stages in the studio
pipeline.

"When Worlds Collide" Steven Spielberg is one of the producers and Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy,” “Van Helsing”), infamous for his “give me more” attitude toward CGI effects, is directing. Like the original 1951 film produced by George Pal,
this “Worlds,” due in theaters next year, is about the mad scramble to
build a spaceship to save humanity before Earth is destroyed by a rogue
planet entering its orbit. The problem comes when there aren’t enough
seats for everybody on Earth.

"The Terminator" It’s not a remake, but filmmaker McG’s plan to revive the killer robot franchise with a new sequel next summer starring Christian Bale as John Connor has been circled by fans after a strong showing this past summer at Comic-Con International. “Terminator Salvation” is set in the future and shows the grim war between humans and Skynet
with its murderous metallic armies. The plan is for a full trilogy —
which means a certain California politician may well live up to that
long-ago promise: “I’ll be back.”

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