PAPERMAG Casts '80s Movie Remakes
BY ABBY SCHREIBER
If there's one thing Hollywood loves more than a good comeback, it's a remake of an '80s movie. The past few years have witnessed remakes of Dirty Dancing, Footloose, and Karate Kid to name but a few. Along with these are a whole host of remake rumors (Mannequin! Gremlins! Teen Witch! The Blue Lagoon! They're even remaking Garbage Pail Kids!) that have been floating around the ether.

Although PAPERMAG has been incredibly busy casting other imaginary projects lately -- we spent hours scrutinizing over whom to pick for the next season of Dancing With the Stars -- we've found time to set our sights on what '80s movies are due for a remake and whom we'd like to see in them. Our criteria was fairly straightforward: we wanted to look at beloved eighties movies that veer on the "cult classic" or "teen flick" side, line rather than masterpieces (we'd never touch The Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller's Day Off, by contrast).

As always, feel free to agree with our choices or say they're utter b.s. in the comments below.



Gremlins (1984)



Original: Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates



Our Re-make: Penn Badgley and Lea Michele

How likely is a remake?: There have been rumors that Director Joe Dante was gearing up for a remake but as far as we know, nothing's materialized.