It seems likely that the Short Circuit reboot will follow a similar story as the original, but with original characters.
The 1986 movie Short Circuit is getting rebooted at Spyglass Media Group, imagining a new take on the classic sci-fi comedy.
Directed by John Badham and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock, the original Short Circuit stars Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, Tim Blaney, and G. W. Bailey.
A followup movie was released two years later, with Short Circuit 2 premiering in 1988.