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The Logan's Run Remake Has Taken A Big Step Forward

• • MATT WOOD
    

PUBLISHED: MAR. 3. 2018 10:07 AM










The reboot model of filmmaking is stronger than ever, and it looks like [i]Logan's Run[/i], a 1976 sci-fi film based on a novel of the same name, is next in line to get a second chance with a modern audience. Warner Bros. has reportedly closed a deal to bring the project to life and has signed on both a writer and a director to bring [i]Logan's Run[/i] to the movie theater once again.

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has been developing a [i]Logan's Run[/i] reboot for a few years now and finally closed a deal to kickstart the project this week. The goal is to replicate the success of the Ryan Gosling-fronted [i]Blade Runner 2049[/i] from Denis Villeneuve, and to garner the buzz of [i]Ready Player One[/i], which releases later this month. This is particularly interesting because while [i]Blade Runner 2049[/i] was an awesome sequel, it flopped pretty hard financially. So, Warner Bros. essentially wants a movie with the critical backing of [i]Blade Runner 2049[/i], but the marketing of [i]Ready Player One.[/i]

To do this, Warner Bros. has recruited writer Peter Craig to pen the screenplay. Arguably the biggest films Craig has written are [i]Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and 2[/i], but he has also written Ben Affleck's [i]The Town[/i], the recently released [i]12 Strong[/i]. He'll also be directing the upcoming [i]Top Gun[/i] sequel, [i]Top Gun: Maverick[/i]. But Craig won't be alone! Simon Kinberg is reportedly on board to direct [i]Logan's Run[/i]. Kinberg's name will be familiar to X-Men fans. He's been an influential producer and driver of the franchise and will be stepping into the director's chair for the first time with [i]X-Men: Dark Phoenix[/i]. As far as his directing career goes, this is a pretty big step for Kinberg.

For those who may not know, [i]Logan's Run[/i] is a sci-fi film from the 70s directed by Michael Anderson and based on the novel written by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. The movie is set in a dystopian future where mankind lives in a cluster of sealed domes. Society is run by a computer that takes care of all aspects of life, creating a hedonistic lifestyle. However, in order to control resources and overpopulation, anyone who turns 30 is vaporized and "reborn." Anyone who tries to escape this is called a Runner and it's the responsibility of the Sandmen to hunt them down and kill them. Logan 5 is one such Sandman, but a chance encounter with a girl leads him to become a Runner and search for the fabled Sanctuary.