After last week's announcements regarding new "Thor" and "Conan" movies, it's clear Hollywood is ramping up its next big tent poles. Two more appear as though they are inching toward production, and both, coincidentally, are remakes.

Director Roland Emmerich, who helmed "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow," has returned for the new incarnation of "Fantastic Voyage." According to Variety, Emmerich was attached to the remake of the 1966 adventure flick a decade ago, but eventually moved on to other projects. The original "Voyage" is about a scientist who is dying of a blood clot. His five colleagues determine the only way to save him is to be miniaturized in a ship and then injected into his bloodstream to repair the damage. Details on the new incarnation are sketchy, but a new script piqued Emmerich's interest in the feature again. He recently finished production on the prehistoric epic "10,000 B.C.," which will be released in March, and he is expected to make "Voyage" his next picture.

Fresh off the crowd-pleasing success of "Live Free or Die Hard" (do you know anyone who didn't like it?), Len Wiseman is set to direct the remake of "Escape From New York." New Line recently won the bidding rights to the new incarnation that came with uber-hot "300" star Gerard Butler attached. Butler is expected to take over the iconic role of Snake Plissken created by Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's 1981 cult classic. There is no official start date, but production on the new "Escape" is expected to commence soon.

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