On the plus side, Hollywood FINALLY announced a remake I can get behind. They're doing a faithful adaptation of "The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle" with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role. Neither of the previous "adaptations" (the 1967 Rex Harrison musical or the goofy 1998 Eddie Murphy comedy) had much in common with the source material aside from the "Doctor who has the ability to talk to animals" premise. The original book series has about twelve novels. If this movie is decent they could presumably start a whole franchise. Like the 2005 adaptation of Casino Royale (which was awesome IN SPITE OF Daniel Craig in the title role), I guess third time's the charm.
Now someone just needs to kill the Charlie's Angels remake and replace it with a live action reboot of Little Orphan Annie that's actually faithful to creator's Harold Gray premise of teaching kids conservative-libertarian ideas through a lighthearted comic format (and has nothing in common with the 70s broadway musical Annie that is associated with the character now, though if they forced me I'd find a way to work the song 'Hard Knock Life' into the movie). Wouldn't THAT be refreshing?
