Digital camera world recently asked Canon about the retro camera market, which has been very hot thanks to cameras like the Fujifilm X100 and they received an interesting response. Canon is aware of the popularity of retro cameras and might reintroduce a camera like the Canon AE-1 or Canonet QL17. If Canon decides to release a retro design I could see them releasing a film camera in addition to a retro-styled digital camera since both are very desirable at the moment.
Vintage-styled digital cameras got me back into photography in a big way over a decade ago with the Panasonic GF1, Leica M8/M9/M240, and Fujifilm X100. If Canon releases a Reto camera I hope that it has a rangefinder or is rangefinder-styled, because Leica’s rangefinders are obscenely overpriced, which would allow Canon to make a very respectable profit if they developed a new digital rangefinder camera.