I should point out that it isn't a 'remake' of the film, it's a new film based on the same novel as the previous one. There is a big difference.
And there are many films that are based on the same source material, and sometimes the later versions are better, or they do something as good but different - and the same for some straight remakes. I give you The Maltese Falcon (yes, the Bogart version was a remake), His Girl Friday, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Imitation of Life, The Four Feathers, The Magnificent Seven, Nosferatu, The Fly, The Thing, Cape Fear, 12 Monkeys, The Talented Mr Ripley, De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté, Ocean's Eleven...
There are probably many more. The thing I really object to, artistically at least, is the resurrection of things for the purpose of 'franchising'. The franchise is the enemy of decent movies. Oh, and most of the time, Hollywood remaking French films - that almost never works.
