Film Reboots

Daniel Herbert; Constantine Verevis

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2020

Film Reboots

Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis

In the series Screen Serialities

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474451383

Overview
Contents

About this book

The first edited collection with a specific focus on the new millennial phenomenon of rebooting

Provides extended case studies of key rebooted films and franchises
Interrogates the film reboot as an industrial, textual and discursive category
Considers the reboot in relation to other formatting practices: remakes, sequels, prequels, series and franchises
Situates film reboots in relation to larger political and social realities, including issues of gender and race
Brings together the research of key scholars working internationally in the field of media seriality to provide insights to the category of the reboot

Bringing together the latest developments in the study of serial formatting practices – remakes, sequels, series – Film Reboots is the first edited collection to specifically focus on the new millennial phenomenon of rebooting. Through a set of vibrant case studies, this collection investigates rebooting as a practice that seeks to remake an entire film series or franchise, with ambitions that are at once respectful and revisionary. Examining such notable examples as Batman, Ghostbusters, and Star Trek, among others, this collection contends with some of the most important features of contemporary film and media culture today.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Film Reboots Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Contributors Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Industry and Commerce
1 Rethinking the ‘Supersystem’: Film Reboots and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Daniel Herbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 Live Long and Prosper: Rebooting Star Trek and Reimagining Fandom Erin Hanna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3 The Many Reboots of the Batman Eileen Meehan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Part II Structure and Narrative
4 The Edge of Reality: Replicating Blade Runner Constantine Verevis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
5 Gender, Genre and the Reboot: From Ocean’s 11/Eleven to Ocean’s 8/Eight Jennifer Forrest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6 Understanding Twin Peaks: The Return as a ‘Film Reboot’ via Anti-Franchise Discourses Within Media Franchising Matt Hills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
7 All This Has Happened Before: Mythic Repetition in the Film-to-Television Reboot Nicholas Benson and Jonathan Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Part III Politics and Identity
8 Resistance and Empire: Star Wars and the Social Justice Reboot Derek Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
9 Rebooting the Politics of the Sports Melodrama: Creed vs Rocky Chuck Tryon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
10 Ghost Girls: Ghostbusters, Popular Feminism and the Gender-Swap Reboot Claire Perkins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Part IV Fans and Audiences
11 Reboot, Requel, Legacyquel: Jurassic World and the Nostalgia Franchise Kathleen Loock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
12 World-building, Retconning and Legacy Rebooting: Alien and Contemporary Media Franchise Strategies James Fleury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
13 Anticipating the Reboot: Teasing Top Gun 2 Paul Grainge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
14 A Dark Knight on Elm Street: Discursive Regimes of (Sub)Cultural Value, Paratextual Bonding, and the Perils of Remaking and Rebooting Canonical Horror Cinema William Proctor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 20 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474451383