The 1992 action film that starred Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren is the latest film franchise to get the big Hollywood reboot. The movie is currently being written by Richard Wenk, the screenwriter of The Equalizer. He announced the news himself during an interview with Discussing Film saying:
“I will say that I’m just finishing up a re-imagining — let’s be clear about this it’s not a remake and it is not a redo — but it is a re-imagining of a movie called ‘Universal Soldier’…very much like ‘The Equalizer,’ it’s the title that inspired me and not the movies…I’m just about to finish (the script) and turn it in this week.”
I like how he has to make a point to say that his project is a “re-imagining”. But, we all know that regardless of what he wants us to call it, the movie...
“I will say that I’m just finishing up a re-imagining — let’s be clear about this it’s not a remake and it is not a redo — but it is a re-imagining of a movie called ‘Universal Soldier’…very much like ‘The Equalizer,’ it’s the title that inspired me and not the movies…I’m just about to finish (the script) and turn it in this week.”
I like how he has to make a point to say that his project is a “re-imagining”. But, we all know that regardless of what he wants us to call it, the movie...
- 10/11/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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