Remakers Mark

In this episode of Remaker’s Mark we take a look at the Oscar winning 1984 biopic Amadeus. Here in part 1 we tackle remaking the major roles (Amadeus and Salieri), as well as several minor roles. Kyle might have gone off the deep end with his minor casting choice – stick around and find out […]

It’s been said that good casting is 90% of directing, and we here at Remaker’s Mark couldn’t agree more. In this, our third Special Episode, we focus on our favorite casting choices of all time. Those roles that we couldn’t possibly imagine being played by anyone else. This also happens to be the first Remaker’s […]

In Part 2 of our discussion of My Fair Lady we reveal who we chose to recast the major and minor roles. Kyle discusses his love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with musicals, and we ponder whether the remake should also be a musical. History buff Mark considers alternate times and places for a remake, finding parallels […]

In this first part of our discussion of the multiple Oscar winning 1964 musical ‘My Fair Lady’, we recast the three major roles, as well as five minor roles, and manage to alienate several populations (musical fans, Hungarians, and dancers) along the way. My Fair Lady: Rent: Netflix Disc Buy: DVD • BluRay Actors and […]

You might think that, given the nature of Remaker’s Mark, we’re game for remaking any and every movie out there. But you’d be wrong! In fact, there are some movies that we consider ‘Untouchables’. Not the actual movie Untouchables, but rather, movies that we would never ever want to see remade. This podcast is a […]

In Part 2 of our discussion of The Breakfast Club, we reveal our final casting choices, talk about how the stereotypes and cliques could be refreshed for today’s world, ponder ‘Punishment by Jefferson Starship’, and what detention and/or in school suspension is like in today’s high schools. Finally, we wonder whether there has been another […]

Here at Remaker’s Mark, if you mess with the bull, you get the horns. In this case, ‘horns’ refers to a delightful and entertaining discussion of the coming of age classic The Breakfast Club. In Part 1 of our discussion, we take on the task of recasting the brat pack actors and actresses who made […]

Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope): Rent: Netflix Disc Buy: DVD • BluRay In Part Two of our discussion of Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope), we dive into some listener feedback, reveal our casting choices for Obi Wan, Leia, Han, and Luke, and talk about filmmaking and plot changes we would make […]

Welcome to the very first Special Episode of Remakers Mark! The whole geek community, including all of us here at Remakers Mark, were flabbergasted by the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm, and announcement that a ‘Sequel Trilogy‘ of Episodes VII, VIII, and IX would be made. A few months later, it was also announced that Disney […]

Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope):: Rent: Netflix Disc Buy: DVD • BluRay A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…or in this case, about 35 years ago, in Hollywood, a legendary science fiction film was released that would change cinema forever. Now, it is our job to talk about how to […]

Clue: Rent: iTunes • Amazon Instant • Netflix Streaming Buy: iTunes • DVD • BluRay In Part 2 of our discussion of Clue, we reveal who we chose to recast our minor characters, wonder at length why movies based on games have seemingly been so cursed since the bar was set with this movie, and […]

Clue: Rent: iTunes • Amazon Instant • Netflix Streaming Buy: iTunes • DVD • BluRay For the second episode in a row we tackle an ensemble-heavy movie, only this time, it’s with even more characters, and even more dialogue, in our discussion of Clue. In this first part of the discussion we recast seven major characters, […]

The Usual Suspects: Rent: Amazon Instant • Netflix Disc Buy: iTunes • DVD • BluRay In Part 2 of our discussion of The Usual Suspects, we wonder how exactly one makes a twist ending for a remake, talk about alternative filming and editorial techniques we could use to update the story, and talk about Keyser Soze […]

The Usual Suspects: Rent: Amazon Instant • Netflix Disc Buy: iTunes • DVD • BluRay While the term ‘Modern Classic’ might seem to be a bit of an oxymoron, it is definitely a fitting title for our 4th movie, The Usual Suspects. Take a listen while we recast five major roles, and three minor roles, and […]

Some Like It Hot: Rent: Amazon Instant • Netflix Disc Buy: DVD • BluRay In the 2nd part of our discussion of Some Like It Hot, we reveal who we chose to recast the major characters, wonder if the film could be remade today (Professional touring musicians? Nonsense!), and ponder other gender bending films and […]

Some Like It Hot: Rent: Amazon Instant • Netflix Disc Buy: DVD • BluRay Who on earth would be crazy enough to try and recast Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe in one fell swoop? Why, we would, of course! In Part 1 of Episode 3, we discuss how we would re-cast the 1959 […]

Top Gun: Rent: iTunes • Amazon Instant • Netflix Streaming Buy: iTunes • DVD • BluRay Soundtrack: iTunes • Amazon In the 2nd part of our discussion of Top Gun, we reveal who we chose to recast the major characters, push for throwing actual cameras on actual jets for the remake, talk about where and when […]

Top Gun: Rent: iTunes • Amazon Instant • Netflix Streaming Buy: iTunes • DVD • BluRay Soundtrack: iTunes • Amazon In our second episode we fire up our engines and listen to them howl and roar while discussing Top Gun. This was an absolute riot to record, and we hope you enjoy this first part of […]

Ghostbusters: Rent: Netflix Disc Buy: iTunes • DVD • BluRay In the 2nd part of our discussion of Ghostbusters, we tackle how we would remake the movie from a filmmaking and technology standpoint, whether its still okay to destroy NYC, and talk about the sequel and cartoons that the original movie spawned. Major Characters: Dana Barrett […]

Ghostbusters: Rent: Netflix Disc Buy: iTunes • DVD • BluRay In our very first episode, we are discussing the 1984 supernatural comedy classic, Ghostbusters. Here, in Part 1 of our discussion, we toss around our ideas for how we would recast both major and minor characters. Major Characters: Dana Barrett – originally played by Sigourney Weaver […]