‘Alien: Earth’ Star Shares Bold Take on Hollywood’s Reboot Craze originally appeared on Parade.
Fans of edgy TV series might know Timothy Olyphant best from Deadwood or maybe Justified. In fact, the Emmy-nominated actor, 57, later revisited his characters from both these shows in follow-up projects — a trend that seems to have become all the more in Hollywood these days.
It has even become a source of contention, the notion of constantly rebooting classic shows and movies instead of creating new content for the masses. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Olyphant offered his own take on the matter.
“Every experience I’ve had revisiting characters or working with the same people again, I’m batting a thousand in terms of it being really gratifying. I highly recommend it,” the longtime actor said. “And I don’t have a problem with people remaking or rebooting things. I mean, everybody goes to Broadway to see the same couple plays every few years. It’s such a dumb, shallow argument to say Hollywood has no new ideas just because they’re rebooting things.”
Olyphant spoke out while promoting his upcoming FX series Alien: Earth, out Aug. 12, which is itself a reboot of sorts — continuing on the sci-fi franchise that all started with Ridley Scott‘s groundbreaking film from 1979. Olyphant offered additional thoughts to THR on the reboot craze, adding in a signature splash of humor that has made the performer such a magnetic presence on screen over the years.
“Ralph Fiennes is doing Hamlet again? Hasn’t that been done?” he said with a laugh. “I’m not comparing what we’re doing on the Disney lot with Hamlet, but why not revisit stories? If someone wants to redo something, God bless ’em. Just do something new with it. If I’m not mistaken, that Luke Skywalker guy is reminiscent of a Bible story that everybody likes. I think Iron Man went into a cave and came out reborn, too. I wonder if that’s why it works so well? You know what? If we do another Raylan story [from Justified], I’m putting that f—er in a cave and he’s coming out reborn.”
‘Alien: Earth’ Star Shares Bold Take on Hollywood’s Reboot Craze first appeared on Parade on Aug 12, 2025
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