Denzel and Antoine Fuqua to ride with The Magnificent Seven

[terry78]

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/d...uqua-eye-magnificent-seven-remake-1201214127/

Hmmm.

 

[Warhammer]

I want all brothas to be cast. Idris Elba, Will Smith, Michael K. Williams, Jamie Foxx, Anthony Mackie, etc. And I want an older mentor character portrayed by either Morgan Freeman, Laurence Fishburne, or Danny Glover.

 

[E.NormusJohnson]

I want all brothas to be cast. Idris Elba, Will Smith, Michael K. Williams, Jamie Foxx, Anthony Mackie, etc. And I want an older mentor character portrayed by either Morgan Freeman, Laurence Fishburne, or Danny Glover.

I'd pay to see that idea if it was an original concept and not a remake of a remake... not a just because idea.

 

[rogue trooper]

So, I'm guessing Washington will have Brynner's role.

For the rest, I'd go with:

Steve McQueen's character: Matthew McConaughey

Charles Bronson's character: Karl Urban

James Coburn's character: Idris Elba

Robert Vaughn's character: Sharlto Copley

Brad Dexter's character: Cole Hauser

Horst Buchholz's character: Wilmer Valderrama


Eli Wallach's character: Benicio Del Toro

 

[C. Lee]

I like it. I always want to see how someone will do in a western.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Denzel is a good choice, and really captures the spirit and character of Chris Adams.

 

[sueb1863]

M7 was also a TV series on CBS in 1998 and 1999, starring Michael Biehn, Eric Close, and Ron Perlman. It was a good show, got cancelled though. I think it only had like 22 episodes.

Not sure this is going to go anywhere after Lone Ranger flopped. Westerns aren't doing that great except for stuff like Django Unchained.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Lone Ranger flopped because it was bad, and it was strangely expensive to produce (still don't get how that happened). Django did well, and True Grit did pretty good too.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Wait, is this a Western, a gangster movie or what?

I pray Denzel plays the villain. He's done reluctant anti-hero way too many times.

 

[Erzengel]

So we had the original Asian group, a white one, now....

 

[Pink Ranger]

I pray Denzel plays the villain. He's done reluctant anti-hero way too many times.

That's a pretty good idea; I can totally see Denzel in the Calvera role. I can hear him do a modern version of all of Calvera's classic villain speeches, in typical Denzel evil-mode.

So we had the original Asian group, a white one, now....

Don't forget the Indians, aliens and bugs.

I'm sure there's a lesbian porn version out there somewhere too, but my research ends here.

 

[Erzengel]

The Martian one will be epic.

 

[Warhammer]

So we had the original Asian group, a white one, now....

That's what I'm saying.

 

[Octoberist]

There should be one who is mixed; the one...who doesn't fit in!

 

[jmc]

I don't hate the idea of a remake for this.

 

[Octoberist]

It's better than actually remaking 'Mag 7's Eastern older cousin 'Seven Samarai'. Seriously there was a script for the remake for that, and it stunk because it took place in Thailand and as far as I remembered, there were no Japanese characters. It was international with a Brit soldier, and the like, but clearly, the writer had no idea what a samurai is. They're just not warriors. Honestly there's barely a Western equalivant to them..maybe knights? But they're simply not warriors.

 

[weezerspider]

A remake of a remake...If they get a good writer/director/cast attached I won't give up on this, but let's not sugarcoat this. It is what it is: A remake of a remake. Is this really needed? I'd love a new, original western not by Tarantino(though I loved Django and the Hateful Eight screenplay). The last two good westerns I remember that came out recently were remakes: True Grit and 3:10 to Yuma. This could be another one, sure, but I wish we could return to the western genre without returning to the same stories.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Wasn't this supposed to have Cruise attached not that long ago? Am I remembering that right? Anyway... MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is on of my all time favorite westerns as well as all around films. Denzel would be good as Chris if that's what they want. The concept is solid and in the hands of a GOOD director will usually turn up aces. (When it isn't... You get BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS.)

I myself have always wanted to see a medieval European take. For years I thought Patrick Stewart leading a diverse group of Knights from across the continent would just be gold.

I have not one problem with remakes. Some of Hollywood's most acclaimed classics are remakes.

 

[Octoberist]

But most (not all) *modern* remakes aren't the bee's knees.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

But most (not all) *modern* remakes aren't the bee's knees.

Meh... I think the quotient is more or less the same. We've had in the past stuff like YOJIMBO being remade and FOR A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS being the result. We also had RASHAMON remade as THE OUTRAGE. One is the start of the DOLLARS trilogy and a film that propelled it's star to the heights of fame. The other is notorious for Paul Newman's terrible "Bandito" accent. I think we've seen more or less the same thing these days.

 

[Octoberist]

With me, I just think how things go so fast in the pop culture, that if a remake stinks, it'll be forgotten about a year later. Nobody's talking about the Carrie remake for example.

 

[Tanin]

At least it's not a modern black ghetto in the hood mobster retelling.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

At least it's not a modern black ghetto in the hood mobster retelling.

They already made that version. It's called I'M GONNA GET YOU SUCKA!

 

[Pink Ranger]

They already made that version. It's called I'M GONNA GET YOU SUCKA!

 

[Tanin]

They already made that version. It's called I'M GONNA GET YOU SUCKA!

Worth checking out of is it one of Keenan Ivory Wayans' flops?