News
October 2012
Out Now: Film Remakes, Adaptations and Fan Productions
In October 2012, Palgrave Macmillan has published the essay collection Film Remakes, Adaptations and Fan Productions: Remake | Remodel. The book is co-edited by Kathleen Loock from the Research Unit and Constantine Verevis from Monash University (Australia). It contains 12 original contributions (also by members of the Research Unit) that investigate processes of cultural reproduction and serialization in film, television and new media.
Reviews
“Covering a wide range of examples, this is essential reading for anyone interested in film cultures and fan practices. Loock and Verevis have brought together a great mix of chapters. Contributors might be exploring recycling and remaking, but there’s nothing retro about their scholarship. Quite simply, Remake | Remodel is a model of excellence.”
-- Matt Hills, University of Cardiff, UK
“This exhilarating collection is guaranteed to make you think twice about the boundaries between adaptations and remakes, beginnings and endings, fiction and history, academics and fans, and especially reading and writing. Whether the contributors are discussing the endless generations of Sherlock Holmes or the land of Oz or the brave new world of fan videos and trailers, they're constantly removing the Do Not Disturb signs earlier theorists posted all over the textual landscape, and incidentally expanding our idea of what constitutes a text in wonderfully invigorating ways.”
-- Thomas Leitch, University of Delaware, USA
“Disproving the assumption that adaptations and remakes are simply uninteresting commercial ploys, this excellent collection of international scholars amply demonstrates the creative power and cultural work of such serial forms as created by both industries and fans, impressively spanning media, historical eras, and modes of production.”
-- Jason Mittell, Middlebury College, USA