I’m sure I heard somewhere (although I haven’t fact-checked it) that Stephen King is completely rewriting the entirety of the Dark Tower opus. If it were anyone else I’d be less inclined to believe it.

Stephen Fry wrote a couple of books of updated Greek mythology, and ‘The Stars’ Tennis Balls’ is a modern retelling of ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’. I’m sure there are more, but those sprang to mind.

It’s not a dumb thought at all! Theatre and cinema update Shakespeare all the time. And Spiderman, come to that.