Warner Bros. Announces Logan's Run Remake
Logan's Run is justifiably a classic. It's filled with bizarre, wonderful concepts: birth crystals, LifeDays, Sleepshops and Sandmen. Not to mention a bevvy of 70's beauties in tin-foil bathing suits.
However, it's a movie deeply rooted in the hippy futurism of the 70's. So I'm rather skeptical that it can be remade successfully, as the Hollywood Reporter is currently reporting Warner Bros. to be threatening.
The director attached to the project is newcomer Joseph Kosinski, who has previously directed a number of commercials. The only things that are known about the remake is they are going to keep it low-tech and hew closer to the book than the original film.
Apparently, the new film will focus more on the concept of blindly following the concept of the "greater good" over individualism. Not exactly a fable I needs to be made, since it'd be refreshing to see more people put themselves selflessly towards the greater good, but at least it seems like they are attempting to mimic the ethos of the first film.
If they can get a love interest as hot as Jenny Agutter, I'm sold.
Warner Bros. Pictures is new runner for 'Logan' [Hollywood Reporter]
Aside from the goofiest robot I've ever seen (and that includes BBC sci-fi robots) obsessed with refrigeration, the original is fantastic. If it 'needs' to be remade, low-tech is the way to go.
Wasn't Bryan Singer attached to this back in
the day... as a trilogy?
I realize this is a discussion of movies, but I can't resist tossing in the suggestion that anyone remaking Logan's Run could consider basing it on the book, rather than the movie. As is frequently the case with a book-to-movie adaptation, the movie Logan's Run bears only a superficial resemblance to the book Logan's Run. The movie is very much a product of its time, but the book is not nearly so obviously dated.
I know, I know, I sound like one of the typical loved-the-book-hated-the-movie whiners. But I enjoyed the movie, cheesy as it is. I just think a thoughtful adaptation of the original material could kick some serious rear-end.