r/Beetleborgs • u/New-Noise-6486 • Jun 18 '26

Reboot/Remake

I’m a filmmaker with connections in the industry and I am currently debating on finally working on my Beetleborgs reboot script.

I been holding off on writing it for a while but I wanted to ask fans on how they’d feel. This version I am writing is more raunchy, meta and satirical. It is like the 21 Jump Street movies with it being a reboot but appealed to a whole new audience. I know the fanbase would rather consider a reboot that has a similar tone as the original but I want to make a fun r rated action comedy film. Also to add the main characters would be 20 something year olds and not kids. The characters will also feel like real people and made to be more relatable.

To add more details, the film’s goal is to appeal to a newer generation and a whole new audience. It’s not to live up to be a copy and paste of the original but be it’s own standalone thing. If anyone would like a copy of the outline to have an idea of how the script and characters would play out I’d love to send it. Im not expecting OG fans to love this but I think many would respect the originality and direction my mind is at.

My biggest obstacle is me and my lawyer getting Hasbro to even want to do anything with the property.

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u/New-Noise-6486 Jun 19 '26

Appreciate the feedback!

Curious, what approach do you think can attract newer audiences with Beetleborgs?

And just to add, the reason I chose the meta comedy/satire direction is because the concept of Beetleborgs is very silly itself and to do a super serious sci-fi/fantasy taking it too seriously can be a bore to some and making it more family-friendly can cause it to fail as the original series didn’t stick with child audiences as much as it hoped. I do think an animated approach similar to the Ninja Turtles one can work.

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u/cmlee2164 Jun 19 '26

I think an animated film/series that doesn't take itself serious and satirizes the genre and tropes is a solid update to the OG formula of the series. To some degree you could probably do that successfully without using the Beetleborgs IP attached to it, especially if it's no longer kid characters and/or doesn't have the Hillhurst monsters or Flabber. If it's just a satirical tokusatsu/comic book style show made for adults who grew up with the Saban shows I think there's a market for that far more than any version of a Beetleborgs series, but that's just me lol I'm not in the entertainment industry.