Recent Retro Reboots

Stars: Michael Gray, Les Tremayne, Jackson Bostwick

Plot: A young boy, able to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel, travels the country fighting evil and helping people.

Rebooted: Shazam!, open in theaters on April 5, 2019 (USA).

Directors: Samuel Armstrong (as Sam Armstrong), Norman Ferguson
Writers: Joe Grant (screen story), Dick Huemer (screen story)
Stars: Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, James Baskett

Plot: Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.

Rebooted: Dumbo, open in theaters on March 9, 2019 (USA).

Directors: Larry Houston, Richard Bowman
Writers: Marty Isenberg, Robert N. Skir
Stars: Cedric Smith, Cathal J. Dodd, Norm Spencer

Plot: Mr. Sinister send Mystique to destroy the X-Men while Professor X is lost in the Savage Land. Rogue starts having painful visions of a mysterious woman and they’re literally driving her crazy when the mysterious woman possesses Rogue’s body. Unknown to the X-men, this mystery woman holds some dark secrets to Rogue’s past before she joined the X-Men.

Rebooted: Captain Marvel, open in theaters on March 8, 2019 (USA).

Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
Writers: Olivier Nakache, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo (adapted from his autobiographical tale Le Second Souffle)
Stars: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny

Plot: After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.

Rebooted: The Upside, open in theaters on January 11, 2019 (USA).

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright

Plot: A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

Rebooted: Glass, open in theaters on January 18, 2019 (USA).

Director: Robert Stevenson
Writers: Bill Walsh (screenplay), Don DaGradi (screenplay) (as Don Da Gradi)
Stars: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson

Plot: In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

Rebooted: Mary Poppins Returns, open in theaters on December 19, 2018 (USA).

Stars: Diana Maddox, Pat Harrington Jr., Bud Collyer

Plot: The adventures of the aquatic superhero and his friends.

Rebooted: Aquaman, open in theaters on December 21, 2018 (USA).

Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Writers: Norman Reilly Raine (original screenplay: based upon ancient Robin Hood legends), Seton I. Miller (original screenplay: based upon ancient Robin Hood legends)
Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone

Plot: When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard’s absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.

Rebooted: Robin Hood, open in theaters on November 21, 2018 (USA).