Film Reboots

'Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis' Film Reboots is dedicated to a fundamental question of the form, namely why do reboots exist and what do they do? An impressive array of scholars engage with the contemporary reboot as an industrial practice, narrative strategy, political text, and fan object, using both expected (Batman, Star Wars) and unexpected (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Twin Peaks) franchises as case studies. This collection is an important addition to and intervention in the growing body of scholarship on screen serialities.' Amanda Ann Klein, East Carolina University 'Twenty-first century media culture is perpetually haunted by the films of the late twentieth century. The fascinating and essential essays in this collection provide insightful analyses of how the sequels, remakes, and reboots of these cinematic "ghosts" have dominated mainstream media for much of the last two decades.' Derek Kompare, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University 'A thrilling compendium of 'lenses' through which to view and understand the mechanisms driving the unceasing remit of recycled narratives in contemporary cinema, Film Reboots offers a definitive take on new modes of storytelling. An essential volume for anyone remotely interested in film.' Carolyn Jess-Cooke, University of Glasgow 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 vibrant set of case studies, this collection investigates rebooting as an industrial, textual and discursive practice that seeks to remake an entire film series or franchise, with ambitions that are at once respectful and revisionary. Examining such iconic 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. Daniel Herbert is Associate Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Media at the University of Michigan. Constantine Verevis is Associate Professor in Film and Screen Studies at Monash University, Melbourne. Cover image: Ghostbusters, Paul Feig, 2016 (c) Columbia Pictures/Photofest Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-5136-9 Barcode

Sommario

Introduction: Film Reboots, Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis; PART I: INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE; 1: Rethinking the 'Supersystem': Film Reboots and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Daniel Herbert; 2: Live Long and Prosper: Rebooting Star Trek and Reimagining Fandom, Erin Hanna; 3: The Many Reboots of the Batman, Eileen R. Meehan; PART II: STRUCTURE AND NARRATIVE; 4: The Edge of Reality: Replicating Blade Runner, Constantine Verevis; 5: Gender, Genre and the Reboot: From Ocean's 11/Eleven to Ocean's 8/Eight, Jennifer Forrest; 6: Understanding Twin Peaks: The Return as a 'Film Reboot' via Anti-Franchise Discourses Within Media Franchising, Matt Hills; 7: All This Has Happened Before: Mythic Repetition in the Film-to-Television Reboot, Nicholas Benson & Jonathan Gray; PART III: POLITICS AND IDENTITY; 8: Resistance and Empire: Star Wars and the Social Justice Reboot, Derek Johnson; 9: Rebooting the Politics of the Sports Melodrama: Creed vs. Rocky, Chuck Tryon; 10: Ghost Girls: Ghostbusters, Popular Feminism and the Gender-Swap Reboot, Claire Perkins; PART IV: FANS AND AUDIENCES; 11: Reboot, Requel, Legacyquel: Jurassic World and the Nostalgia Franchise, Kathleen Loock; 12: Worldbuilding, Retconning, and Legacy Rebooting: Alien and Contemporary Media Franchise Strategies, James Fleury; 13: Anticipating the Reboot: Teasing Top Gun 2, Paul Grainge; 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; Contributors; Notes

Info autore

Daniel Herbert is an associate professor in the Department of Screen Arts & Cultures at the University of Michigan.Constantine Verevis is Associate Professor in Film and Screen Studies at Monash University, Melbourne. He is author of Film Remakes (Edinburgh UP, 2006) and co-author of Australian Film Theory and Criticism, Vol. I: Critical Positions (2013). His co-edited books include Second Takes: Critical Approaches to the Film Sequel (2010), Film Trilogies: New Critical Approaches (2012), B Is for Bad Cinema: Aesthetics, Politics and Cultural Value (2014) and US Independent Film After 1989: Possible Films (2015).

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniel Verevis Herbert, Herbert Daniel
• Con la collaborazione di: Daniel Herbert (Editore), Constantine Verevis (Editore)
• Editore: Edinburgh University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781474451369
• ISBN: 978-1-4744-5136-9
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Screen Serialities
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto