Well, as remakes go, right now on the agenda is the FF7 CGI movie. It is called Final Fantasy: Advent Children and I have a feeling you'll see it here on import anime and other retailers to import around Summer 2004.
If you are waiting for an actual gaming release, it will be sometime. At first square was interested in making updates for FF7 and FF8 for the PS2 with 5.1 sound, updated graphics and all the trimmings, but those plans have been shelved for a later date. The people that worked on the games (producers/programmers) back in the day are still very interested in making updates to their classic games, but you won't see any on the PS2 since it is backward compatible. Since the FF titles are greatest hits and are still selling well for the PS1 in Japan and America there is no point ot relasing remakes on the system. Look for remakes on the PS3 or other next generation systems.
Don't despair though, with the release of Final Fantasy X-2, I beleive this trend to make direct sequels will continue. I say lets get some updates or sequels to the classic FF games, like FF 4 (2 US) and 6 (3 US). My favorite FF is FF7, but could you imagine if they redid those SNES FF's, god I can't even imagine what Cecil and Kain would look like.
If you are waiting for an actual gaming release, it will be sometime. At first square was interested in making updates for FF7 and FF8 for the PS2 with 5.1 sound, updated graphics and all the trimmings, but those plans have been shelved for a later date. The people that worked on the games (producers/programmers) back in the day are still very interested in making updates to their classic games, but you won't see any on the PS2 since it is backward compatible. Since the FF titles are greatest hits and are still selling well for the PS1 in Japan and America there is no point ot relasing remakes on the system. Look for remakes on the PS3 or other next generation systems.
Don't despair though, with the release of Final Fantasy X-2, I beleive this trend to make direct sequels will continue. I say lets get some updates or sequels to the classic FF games, like FF 4 (2 US) and 6 (3 US). My favorite FF is FF7, but could you imagine if they redid those SNES FF's, god I can't even imagine what Cecil and Kain would look like.