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Writer Hired For 'Magnificent Seven' Remake
Back in May, it was reported that MGM was planning a remake of the classic western 'The Magnificent Seven.' The new version would star Tom Cruise. The 1960 original film followed a group of gunmen hired by a small village to protect against marauding outlaws. Actually, using the term original in regard to 'The Magnificent Seven' may be a bit of a stretch; itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai.' Though it seemed certain this remake was happening, a start date was unclear as the project had neither a writer nor a director. Now it appears MGM has hired relative screenwriting rookie Nic Pizzolatto to pen the script. Pizzolatto wrote a couple episodes of AMC's 'The Killing' and has a new series, 'True Detectives' in the works at HBO.
It seems appropriate that a development is made on another MGM remake the day the trailer drops for their reboot of 'Red Dawn.' I said this back in May, but I'll reiterate, MGM is a remake factory these days. 'Red Dawn,' 'Robocop,' 'Carrie,' 'War Games,' 'Death Wish;' it's like they're the new Platinum Dunes. I still don't really know how to feel about this project. I like westerns, I love the 1960 'Magnificent Seven,' but it's already a remake. A remake of a remake seems like a recipe for disaster to me. I'm not really phased by the screenwriter's inexperience in this regard, because there is so much preexisting material for him to work with that I don't see this being a difficult gig. Cruise being in it is fine, but given the impressive might of the "original's" cast (Yul Brynner, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, and Charles Bronson), a lot of the strength of this remake is going to hinge on the rest of the casting process. This could very well end up being 'The Expendables' of neo-western legends. Can we get Eastwood? Please tell me we can.
What do you guys think? Is anyone interested in this remake? Who would you cast alongside Cruise?
Source: Variety
Views: 3405
Tags: Cruise, MGM, Nic, Pizzolatto, Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven, Tom, hired, remake, western, More…
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Comment by TheMantaBluRay on August 10, 2012 at 8:53pm -
I’m yawning already. Seven Samurai is one of the best movies ever made, Magnificent Seven is a solid Western-interpretation of that film, and Bug’s Life shares similar story elements with those films. The only remake I want to see is a Porno version “The Magnificent Studs” (seriously that’s all there is left to go).
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Comment by Richard Dempsey on August 10, 2012 at 7:39pm -
Get the people in charge of 3:10 to Yuma. That was a remake of a western. That worked. What's more is that Tom Cruise was supposed to play Christian Bale's character.
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Comment by hewylewis on August 10, 2012 at 7:37pm
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No...no... NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!
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Comment by Tony*22 on August 10, 2012 at 7:15pm -
Urgh....Tom Cruise.
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Comment by Vitriowl on August 10, 2012 at 7:06pm -
Blechh
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Comment by DHood90 on August 10, 2012 at 6:27pm -
Yeah no, much rather just keeping watching the classic film and see Brynner, McQueen, Vaughn, and the others do their magic than watch Cruise go crazy again.
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Comment by Composite Who Horrible on August 10, 2012 at 6:08pm -
Wow... I called him being in it before I even opened the article. I see it now "The Magnificent Seven Is Far From Magnificent".
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Comment by Grand Master Bushido Brown on August 10, 2012 at 6:07pm -
Too many fucking remakes. This is getting ridiculous.
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Comment by Denis Nixon jar head on August 10, 2012 at 5:59pm -
The problem with this remake is they are using the Magnificent 7 name. Any remake that uses the titles Magnificent 7 or 7 Samurai are committing film idiocy.
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Comment by Nick Sears on August 10, 2012 at 5:39pm -
theres no point to remake this movie. If you go back and watch it the film still totally holds up.True if you cast this well it can turn out to be ok. But the magnificent seven is a great western. Why don't they remake a lesser western and give it a makeover? Everyone saw how great 3:10 to Yuma remake was and that wasn't a huge name western.
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