Kungfu novels by Jin Yong have been filmed repeatedly. For the next best thing and a safe investment studios have often opted to breathe new lii into a popular old movie with new faces and new film technology. Liang Shanpo and Zhu Yingtai, Song at Midnight, and A Chinese Ghost Story are all popular old Chinese films that have been refilmed.
武俠大家金庸的小說一再被重拍；或者為求投資安全，退而其次，讓一些膾炙人口的老片以高科技、新臉孔重現江湖，《梁山伯與祝英台》、《夜半歌聲》、《倩女幽魂》都被重拍過。