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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: 3406
Tags: Cruise, MGM, Nic, Pizzolatto, Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven, Tom, hired, remake, western, More…
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Comment by Mike Sutherland on August 14, 2012 at 1:54am -
Normally I'm not a huge remake fan, but Magnificent Seven was pretty damn good. My big concern was that there was a huge star studded cast of characters that FIT in the western feel. I've never thought Cruise would fit in that genre, but I can think of at least four great actors who could fit those roles quite well. So long as we don't have another "Battle Beyond the Stars" on our hands, this could work. Just like my thoughts on Total Recall though, why even bother remaking it?
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Comment by Moustafa Emara on August 13, 2012 at 7:02am -
Timothy Olyphant needs to be in a western movie. Check him out in Deadwood and Justified.
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Comment by jay north on August 12, 2012 at 8:56pm -
A remake or a re-imagining of a remake....
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Comment by BungleFever on August 12, 2012 at 5:52pm -
"it's like they're the new Platinum Dunes."
Let's all fucking hope not.
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Comment by Jello on August 12, 2012 at 4:55pm -
If we are gonna go the expendables fun route with this, I will say... Tom Hardy, Christian Bale, Russel Crowe, Ryan Goseling, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Nathan Fillion, Daniel-Day Lewis. And probably have Clint Eastwood have a cameo. The person who would be terrorizing the village would be... Raymond Cruz (Tuco from Breaking Bad)
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Comment by Boatloads1017 on August 12, 2012 at 4:41pm -
So does this make Nic Pizzolatto a "hired gun?" Sorry. That was lame and also incorrect. I'll go to the corner now.
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Comment by Super Salad on August 12, 2012 at 2:26pm -
Lost my interest completely with "Tom Cruise." I never bought him as a tough guy in any of his movies, and I never will.
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Comment by Sammy Ryd on August 12, 2012 at 9:46am -
Tom Cruise wasn't that bad in Rock of the Ages unlike the rest of the movie, so I'll give it a shot. Been awhile since we've seen a good western. Love to see Ryan Gosling in this movie somewhere. Believe he could play the cowboy pretty well when given the opportunity. Maybe have four big stars and the rest of the magnificent seven be smaller actors, so the bigger names wouldn't be underutilized.
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Comment by Devin on August 12, 2012 at 3:01am -
Pretty pathetic when you start remaking remakes.
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Comment by Trebor on August 12, 2012 at 1:05am -
Yo dog I heard you like Seven Samurai and the remake of Seven Samurai so we decided to remake Seven Samurai and the remake of Seven Samurai
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