Over the course of the last decade, Hollywood has demonstrated that it’s willing to take any old property with the slightest hint of nostalgia, from TV and radio to board games and toys to books and even theme park rides, and turn it into a movie. With the recent revealing of teaser trailers for a new ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ this August and a ‘Peanuts’ movie being released next year, along the announcement of a live-action remake of 80s TV show ‘Jem and The Holograms,’ the fad doesn’t look to be going away anytime soon. Here’s a small taste of Hollywood’s attempt to bring everything you forgot existed to the big screen.

 

Peanuts

It’s been 35 years since Charles M. Schultz‘s gang of misfits have graced the big screen, but 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios are interested in bringing them back in time for the original comic strip’s 65th anniversary. Animated using the same ‘dropped keyframes’ technique used to simulate 8-bit video game animation in ‘Wreck-It Ralph,’ it’s being used here to evoke the animation of the older cartoons and even the original strip. The modern world could certainly use the dry yet accessible humor of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang. Here’s hoping that they give Franklin more exposure!

 

King Kong

An iconic landmark in cinema when it was first released back in 1933, director Peter Jackson of ‘Lord of The Rings’ fame decided to take another stab at it. More remarkable in terms of special effects than anything else (that’s Andy Serkis doing motion capture for the big ape), Jackson did bring attention to a cinematic classic with his new version.

 

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

From comics and a toy line to their own cartoons, the Joes were ubiquitous in the 1980s. Close to three decades later, Paramount attempted to revive the franchise with “The Rise of Cobra,” a cinematic reboot that was as flashy and cartoonish as it was divisive. Critics and audiences may have been split on whether or not it was good, but it did generate enough coin to get a sequel just last year.

 

Pirates of The Caribbean

This is the movie that turned Disney’s theme park ride to movie fascination into an obsession. On the coattails of Johnny Depp‘s portrayal of Jack Sparrow, the ‘Pirates’ franchise has made close to $4 billion worldwide. And the first two movies (that’s ‘Curse of The Black Pearl’ and ‘Dead Man’s Chest,’ if you’re wondering) aren’t bad, either.

 

The Haunted Mansion

Speaking of Disney’s theme park ride to movie obsession, there’s also the Mouse House’s adaptation of spooky chair ride ‘The Haunted Mansion.’ Eddie Murphy starred as a workaholic businessman who decides to take a weekend getaway with his family in the aforementioned spooky house, where all the familiar frights (singing busts, hitch-hiking ghosts, etc.) come out to play games. While not particularly memorable and Murphy phones in his performance, it did make enough money that director Guillermo del Toro was approached about a remake.

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Before you say it, no, these heroes in a half shell are not new to the movies. But this oft-delayed Michael Bay-produced reboot still exists in the midst of the Turtles’ recent media revival. Once a pop culture juggernaut in the 1980s, their popularity wained until recently with a new show on Nickelodeon and revived interest in the brand. This new movie looks like it might suffer from the self-serious tone and boring human character focus that dragged down the ‘Transformers’ movies, but it’s anyones guess until we see some more footage.