I'm more hopeful for "Rise" (based on it's trailer) than for "Conan" (which I was never much interested in to start with), maybe because "Rise" is more of a sequel/prequel than remake. The whole family's waiting for "Rise" so we made the kids sit through all the original "Ape" movies, and after the first, they become spectacularly bad. (But still not as awful as the remake of "Planet of the Apes" by Tim Burton, IMHO, ugh. Like the Matrix sequels, I've tried to convince my kids that it does noe exist.)
Given how movies are done today, I wonder if they're leaving the door open in "Rise" for a new series..