Jaden Smith as Dre in The Karate Kid, one of many upcoming Hollywood remakes.

HOLLYWOOD — Not that you really need any additional proof that Hollywood has gone creatively bankrupt, what with all the remakes, reboots, reimaginations and sequels waiting in the wings this summer. But it turns out, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Well, actually, you have — and that, folks, is the problem.

Look beyond the likes of Robin Hood, The A-Team, The Karate Kid, Predators, Step Up 3D, Piranha 3D, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (also in 3D) and Nanny McPhee Returns (not, thankfully, in 3D) and the recycling is just going to keep on coming.

Having already seemingly scraped the bottom of the barrel where ’80s remakes are concerned, the risk-averse studios continue to dig, anyway, dredging up the likes of TV’s The Smurfs for a big screen 3D live-action/animated hybrid featuring Hank Azaria as Gargamel.

Blame James Cameron for creating an appetite for blue characters.

Also making the transition from TV is 21 Jump Street, the baby-faced cop series that put Johnny Depp on the map. No word yet on casting, or whether or not it will be in 3D.

But plans are underway for a 3D version of Judge Dredd, that dreadful 1995 Sylvester Stallone movie that left a terrific supporting cast in the lurch, including Diane Lane, Max von Sydow, Armand Assante and James Earl Jones.

And even though it hasn’t even started shooting yet, the date of June 24, 2011 has been set aside for Rise of the Apes, a Planet of the Apes prequel, this time featuring computer-generated apes.

Damned dirty digital technology!

Apparently Hollywood feels there’s enough distance from Tim Burton’s lame 2001 remake to proceed, but it still seems a bit hasty to revisit Judge Dredd.

That goes double for 1993’s The Three Musketeers (Sutherland! Sheen! Platt!) for which two competing remakes are in the works, including, yes, an as-if-their-swords-are-pointed-right-between-our-eyes 3D version.

Great, now I’ll never get Bryan Adams singing “let’s make it all for one, and all for love” out of my head.

ILL WIND

As eulogies continue to pour in this week, paying tribute to the great, classy, barrier-shattering Lena Horne (who passed away Sunday at the age of 92), we’re reminded of an anecdote relating to a less-accommodating time and place in our history.

One night over half-a-century ago comedian George Jessel showed up with Horne at the Stork Club, the exclusive New York nightclub whose owner had a well-known reputation as a bigot.

Despite being a welcome regular at the club, Jessel and his elegant date were informed by the stalling headwaiter that there wasn’t a table to be had that particular evening, eventually asking, “Mr. Jessel, who made the reservation?”

Never one to miss a beat, Jessel replied, “Abraham Lincoln.”

As the story goes, Mr. Jessel and Miss Horne were subsequently shown to their seats.

Michael Rechtshaffen, a Canadian entertainment writer based in Los Angeles, appears Wednesdays and Sundays.