I've read one of the worse remakes Burton directed is "Planet of The Apes". I just hope he doesn't add
the new DS movie into the list of worst remakes.
Burton's
Planet of the Apes was a decent financial success (a bit over $180 million - though the studio was hoping for more), but it was savaged by many critics, primarily over its script, and primarily over the script's lack of character development. However, one thing it did get was praise for its striking visuals. I've never seen it, but I noticed that Fox will be running it on June 20th at 8pm. If I'm not doing anything else that night, I might tune in just out of curiosity...
Thankfully John August was in no way involved with the PotA script.
And if the script really was as bad as the critics claimed, hopefully none of the people involved in writing it will ever get involved in the Depp/DS film.