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MGM Planning 'Magnificent Seven' Remake With Tom Cruise
1960's 'The Magnificent Seven' is heralded by many as one of the greatest westerns of all time. It also happens to be the best re-imagining/remake of Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai' ever conceived, much as I may love Roger Corman's super campy 'Battle Beyond the Stars.' Well now it looks as if 'The Magnificent Seven' is getting its own remake courtesy of MGM, and that Tom Cruise is attached to star. Though Cruise has been interested in this project for some time, we will not see the new 'Magnificent Seven' for quite a while. There is currently no director hired and MGM has just begun their search for a screenwriter. MGM is also behind the remakes of 'Robocop,' 'Carrie,' and 'Red Dawn;' the latter will purportedly be released this November.
More remakes? Wow, who would've thought? Oh wait, everyone. Once again, I try to stay positive on remakes on the whole, but could MGM be churning these things out any harder? They've also got 'Poltergeist,' 'WarGames,' and 'Death Wish' remakes on the way. As to this particular remake, I love 'The Magnificent Seven,' its cinematography, its musical score, and especially its diverse cadre of badass characters. That's actually the good news for the remake. If you are someone who is put off by the prospect of Tom Cruise starring in a 'Magnificent Seven' remake, you can rest assured that there will be plenty of other actors with whom he will be sharing the screen. Once this project, which is still in the prenatal stage at this point, gets rolling, it will be interesting to see 1.) which character Tom Cruise is playing and 2.) what other actors get cast to occupy the other iconic roles. What do you guys think?
Could a 'Magnificent Seven' remake work? Who should direct it? What do you think of Tom Cruise starring?
Source: Variety
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Tags: 1960, Akira, Cruise, Kurosawa, MGM, Magnificent Seven, Seven Samurai, Tom, remake, western
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Comment by Thomas J. Knight on May 23, 2012 at 5:22pm -
I will only see this if they get someone that looks and sounds like Yull Brenner. plus I hope they remake West World
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Comment by iggzy on May 23, 2012 at 12:04pm -
Tom Cruise has to be fronting some big bucks for this. I love The Magnificent Seven, but not without trying or intending to I've never seen Seven Samurai, and I think there is some potential in a new one but it is a remake of a reinterpretation and MGM is just recovering from bankruptcy. With Cruise tied to this project, and trying to make it for a while, clearly he brought it to the ailing MGM, offered to help produce and finance it and they went with it because he's marketable and the classic film will draw in people by name.
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Comment by Ferry2dead on May 22, 2012 at 10:04pm -
Why don't they do a reboot of "Battlefield Earth"? Why? It was so shitty it screams reboot!
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Comment by Ferry2dead on May 22, 2012 at 9:59pm
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NO!
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Comment by Chaos Jumper on May 22, 2012 at 6:52pm -
@Hicks: Well, True Grit worked because it was interpreting the book more than the John Wayne film. It was purely justified that the Coen Brothers wanted to adapt the book than simply remake the film. This is just a remake of a film that was already a remake in and out of itself which is where the concern comes in for Hollywood's originality. Its basically like remaking Star Wars not only because it shows that Hollywood is either ransacking on an already existing franchise but Star Wars in and out of itself was a sci fi remake of ANOTHER Kurosawa flick known as The Hidden Fortress.
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Comment by Alejandro on May 22, 2012 at 6:36pm -
This movie is sponsor by Scientology, produce by Scientology, directed by Scientology, and staring Scientology. This movie's budget comes from Scientology.
The more Scientology gets involve in Hollywood, the more appealing Marxism looks.
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Comment by Hudson on May 22, 2012 at 4:33pm -
I don't know. True Grit was a great remake. I'll wait and see.
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Comment by Ruben Baeza on May 22, 2012 at 3:12pm -
I've always thought that they would for some reason in my mind, get bruce willis to play the Yul Brynner role. Bruce Willis would be perfect for that role. I propose if they do go along with this remake, that they cast Bruce Willis as one of the magnificent seven.
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Comment by Maxou on May 22, 2012 at 3:02pm -
And to top it all Seven Samurai was inspired by older western movies.
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Comment by IAmDeadpool on May 22, 2012 at 1:37pm -
@chaos jumper, its a remake of a remake... remake-ception lol
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