re: Reboots, remakes or sequels you would be interested in

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I would also like to see an Ender's Game that doesn't suck.

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I don't think you will ever see that. Politically, the author is toxic, and it's surprising it ever made it through Hollywood.

More to the point, the nature of the story is such that it just doesn't translate well to film. Done faithfully, it wouldn't be a big CGI film, despite being sci-fi. Most of it would be a little hard to watch; children in boot camp, playing war-game simulations.
You shouldn't get any special effects, or anything else to tip the viewer off ... so it would have to be drab and boring, right up until the end, where they come out and congratulate him for killing every last member of the opposing species.

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I would also like to see an Ender's Game that doesn't suck.

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You shouldn't get any special effects, or anything else to tip the viewer off ... so it would have to be drab and boring, right up until the end, where they come out and congratulate him for killing every last member of the opposing species.

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Odd thought regarding Ender's Game, which might work better on film-

change a lot of the social interactions, and a good bit of Ender's personality. Film it along the lines of Dead Poets' Society, same quirky intellectualism and isolation from the outside world. Portray Ender the way that film did the guy who played Puck and killed himself at the end; just a quiet kid who has natural aptitude with the "game". His winning battles would just be his escape from the stress he's under.

It would feel different than the book, but the big reveal at the end would hit home much better than the movie did.

Harrison ford has one more Indiana jones in him, we can't let Indy end on the kingdom of the crystal skull.

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We can't let Indy end at Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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He didn't. He ended in 1990 with The Last Crusade. Don't try and convince me otherwise.

If you're going to look at the superhero genre (and it is a giant moneymaker), then Green Lantern is the obvious choice.

Major character, great dynamics with the villains (Sinestro and Star Sapphire), has the space fantasy element to explore.

The first attempt was terrible, but if done right, it could be very, very memorable and entertaining.

Problems vs the current DC films- it would have to be colorful, much more like GOTG and Thor, instead of the 'shades of gray' that DC is building. And you'd have to move the settings out into space, to eliminate the "where were the other heroes" element... but that could easily be done.

The GL Corps could be one of the safeguards protecting Earth from Darkseid, and Sinestro's revolt could preoccupy them, and open things up for Darkseid.

Hal Jordan could discover the power that fuels Star Sapphire, and Carol Ferris could try to use it to join Hal as an ally against Darkseid since the Lantern Corps is busy... but that power combined with her emotions turns her into the loose cannon that Sapphire is, instead. As likely to try to kill GL as to help him.

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It's such a horrible idea that you are probably right.

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Meh. It'd be solid with the right cast/right director.