Weekend Open Thread: Reboot Roundup, and More Last-Minute Newsbits
-As you can see, NECA is remaking the Grid Alien toy from Alien vs. Predator.
-Meanwhile, Fox is remaking Lethal Weapon for TV
-CBS is remaking MacGyver with the odd couple of James Wan and Henry Winkler producing
–Thor: Ragnarok looks to be getting an incongruous Flight of the Conchords director
-JJ Abrams put a Beastie Boys reference in the new Star Wars
-and Marilyn Manson wants to be on Gotham.
All I want this weekend is a chance to “remake” the last night I had a decent amount of sleep. You?
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