Holy trending news stories, Batman! Did you hear that Jena Malone is playing Robin in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? Did you hear that Cabin Fever is getting a remake only 12 years later, and using the exact same script as the original? And did you hear that there will be new TV shows based on movies like Resident Evil, Big, Bachelor Party, Uncle Buck, Rush Hour, Guardians of the Galaxy, In the Heat of the Night, Underworld, Critters and Mortal Kombat?
Yeah, you probably did. But why should you really care? What’s really important to you, the audience, and what’s just hype and industry showboating? That, ladies and gents, is what Most Craved is for. We don’t just follow the trends, we dissect them.
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Is there any reason to believe Jena Malone is really playing Robin in Batman v Superman? What would this version of Robin mean for the movie’s storyline and the oncoming wave of female-driven action movies? And would Jena Malone make a good Robin either way?
Is remaking of the cult horror classic Cabin Fever without changing a single thing the most pointless enterprise ever, or is it a daring cinematic experiment that deserves your attention?
And are these TV adaptations of classic (or at least popular) movies just the latest death knell for movie theaters, or just business as usual for an industry that’s running out of new ideas?
Join hosts William Bibbiani of CraveOnline, Jenna Busch of Legion of Leia and Silas Lesnick of Coming Soon as they trend you limb from limb, every week.
Keep the conversation going on Twitter by talking to the hosts directly at @WilliamBibbiani, @JennaBusch and @SilasLesnick, and use the hashtag #MostCraved to let us know your own theories, and what really matters to you!
William Bibbiani is the editor of CraveOnline’s Film Channel and the host of The B-Movies Podcast and The Blue Movies Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani.
