Outland remake

Outland was a great movie, itself a remake of High Noon in space. Now it is being remade. I don't have a lot of hope. [Link]

So the bottom line seems to be that the new film will take the original Outland's base concept of a law enforcement agent investigating deaths in a space frontier city that are being caused by a private interest, while stripping it of the elements that made Outland unique. Since this takes place in an orbital city rather than on a moon or planet, it's unlikely we'll see miners and their performance-enhancing drugs as a plot element. And moving the action from Io to the moon lessens the sense of isolation that gave the original a Western feel. It sounds more like the new Outland will be less a remake than an Outland-inspired film that is using the Outland brand as a way to either attract audiences or ease the fears of film executives who fear new stories don't have selling power.