10 Movie Franchises That Need A Reboot

5. Highlander

Here's another franchise that has aged extremely poorly, given the dodgy effects and general cheesiness of it all. Though the premise is pleasantly simple - a bunch of guys fighting to the death to claim a special prize, and the only way they can kill each other is by cutting off each other's heads - it could do with the gritty, Christopher Nolan-esque treatment which is in vogue at the moment. Make it darker and less goofy, get a hot up-and-comer to fill Christopher Lambert's role, perhaps Tom Hardy, and you've got a Summer hit on your hands. As it stands, a remake/reboot of Highlander is actually in the works, with 28 Weeks Later Juan Carlos Fresnadillo primed to helm, and apparently Ryan Reynolds will play in the titular role, but given how many directors and actors this project has bounced between, we won't count our chickens just yet. It's likely that in a few months, negotiations will break down, and the current release date - set for 2014 - will again fall through. Still, with the right, deft touch, a new Highlander could be the hit that the original film never was. We'd also hope they might give Christopher Lambert a cameo in some form, because it pains us to see him as a bald, tattooed monk to make ends meet (a small, diverting role in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance).