"I Can't Wait To Not Watch This": "Rambo" Reboot In The Works
Richard Atta Amoako
Rambo, the film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone, is getting a reboot. Per The Hollywood Reporter:
One man army John Rambo is poised for a return the big-screen.
Nu Image/Millennium Films is plotting a reboot of the classic 1980s action franchise that starred Sylvester Stallone, tapping Brooks McLaren to pen the script and Ariel Vromen to direct the feature.
Titled Rambo: New Blood, the new reboot would not see Stallone return as the action hero, like he did in Millennium's 2008 outting, but would see a younger actor inhabit the role. The company is looking at Rambo as a character akin to James Bond.
Rambo was the lead character in a 1972 novel by David Morrell titled First Blood. Hollywood adapted the book into the hit 1982 movie that starred Stallone in a story that despite its action trappings looked at issues facing disaffected Vietnam War vets. (It also veered from the book by having its protagonist live at the end of the story.)
When the series returned, with 1985's Rambo: First Blood Part II, it was tapping into go-go 1980s America, with a script co-written by James Cameron. It was a pure high-adrenaline action movie with Rambo getting revenge, star and stripes style, on the Vietnamese. Stallone was at a zenith, the movie was unbeatable at the box office, and the character entered pop culture's list of cinematic icons.
Rambo III, released in 1988, was a drop in quality and box office, and the character was dormant until Stallone resuscitated him for 2008's Rambo.
No plot details were given for the new film as the project is still in early development.
Reboots can be hit or miss, so the success of this will hinge on not only finding the right actor, but ensuring that Sylvester Stallone stays as far away from this as possible.
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Richard Atta Amoako is a clinical youth social worker residing in the greatest neighborhood in the world: West Philly. He is also the founder of The Nerd Convocation. You can follow him on Twitter: @Attamantium.
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