Ebook: Film Reboots

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.