Recent Retro Reboots

Director: Hugh Hudson
Writers: Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel), Robert Towne (as P.H. Vazak)
Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson

Plot: A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D’Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Rebooted: The Legend of Tarzan, opens in theaters July 1, 2016 (USA).

Director: Ivan Reitman
Writers: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver
Plot: Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

Rebooted: Ghostbusters opens in theaters July 15, 2016 (USA)

Director: Merian C. Cooper (uncredited), Ernest B. Schoedsack (uncredited)
Writers: James Ashmore Creelman (screen play) (as James Creelman), Ruth Rose (screen play)
Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot

Plot: A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper (uncredited), Ernest B. Schoedsack (uncredited)
Writers: James Ashmore Creelman (screen play) (as James Creelman), Ruth Rose (screen play)
Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot.

Rebooted: Kong Skull Island, open in theaters on March 10, 2017 (USA).