well we know most good stories have all been written so it's a matter of exploiting any old product in any new way Hollywood can-something they do very well
2 films I saw recently come to mind-
Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise..I was amazed to watch the original Spanish version on DVD recently and it was actually far superior with exactly the same story line, effects et al-including Penelope Cruize.
And
Valkerie-again with Cruise. German TV did a version almost exactly the same about 6 years ago which was every bit as good as the Cruise version.
I'm looking forward to the Nerd movie though