Action-Adventure Rambo Reboot in the Works

[Zero_Effect]

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.

No plot details were given for the new film as the project is still in early development.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rambo-reboot-works-criminal-director-942097

 

[Octoberist]

Oh wow. Calling it right now - it'll be a bomb.

 

[sweetre15]

Is it gonna be a more faithful representation of the original "First Blood" novel?

 

[Consona]

Huh.

I loved the first Rambo. It was not some silly shoot-'em-all-up flick, it was really profound psychological drama. I'm really not sure if some reboot will be able to top the original.

 

[metaphysician]

This sounds like a remarkably terrible idea. A modern reboot means using a modern war, and none of the recent US wars are really all that similar to Vietnam. Not in the ways they would need to be for Rambo to still be recognizable. This means you get either Rambo INO, or you get terrible writing that forces Afghanistan into becoming Vietnam. Or likely, both.

 

[Octoberist]

Is it gonna be a more faithful representation of the original "First Blood" novel?

A meaningful anti-war movie, staring a war vet with PTSD? Of course not. The article even mentions that they're seeing it as a franchise, with new actors taking over the role.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Hard pass.

 

[LoganGambit87]

hope they get bruce willis

 

[Neno_Kos]

first reaction, hell no (shock). second reaction, it wont happen (denying). third reaction, if it does it will suck and bomb on box office (accepting)

 

[Muze]

noping this hard

 

[Manofplastic]

HELL NAH.
dont touch rambo. call it something else. WHY!?

Rambo is iconic and is and should always be Stallone.

 

[Greens]

Terrible.

 

[Octoberist]

Rambo is ingrained into pop culture, but often I think with younger kids, they'll know the name and the image (If someone says you're being like Rambo if you're being macho, people will get it), but most haven't seen any of the films. It's not like a Star Wars or Back to the Future situation.

I can't see how this will appeal to the new gen, and if they change it too much, then it's no longer Rambo. Like if he's too tactical looking, for example. Like a Sam Fisher..Jason Bourne...

Rambo, even in the first one, should be someone who has lost it, and feels isolated. A bit of a wild man. The closest thing to a modern Rambo is..Wolverine kinda.

 

[jmc]

Pass.

 

[TheVileOne]

No.

 

[BH/HHH]

Can't get on board with this one

 

[MAN O STEEL]

Overreact much?. Good god people. This is not some original idea of Stallone's that is sacred ground here. It's based off a book. A book can have many adaptions and generally if you adapt a book, you keep the time period. So it may in in fact be set back in the day. No one knows enough about it yet to judge. And let's face facts, I love Stallone, he's a legend but you could throw a rock and hit a better actor than Stallone to pull off the emotional breakdown of a character like Rambo. I say sit back and enjoy a new adaption of a great novel and judge it when you see it. The original will always be there folks.

 

[Muze]

Overreact much?. Good god people. This is not some original idea of Stallone's that is sacred ground here. It's based off a book. A book can have many adaptions and generally if you adapt a book, you keep the time period. So it may in in fact be set back in the day. No one knows enough about it yet to judge. And let's face facts, I love Stallone, he's a legend but you could throw a rock and hit a better actor than Stallone to pull off the emotional breakdown of a character like Rambo. I say sit back and enjoy a new adaption of a great novel and judge it when you see it. The original will always be there folks.

you could have Daniel Day-Lewis take on the role and it would still just be something trying to be Rambo. it's not about the source or how great the performance was. it's about nostalgia. Rambo was too well known. Stallone is too well known.

 

[C. Lee]

I hope they get D.J. Qualls to play Rambo....that would be awesome.

 

[Octoberist]

Overreact much?. Good god people. This is not some original idea of Stallone's that is sacred ground here. It's based off a book. A book can have many adaptions and generally if you adapt a book, you keep the time period. So it may in in fact be set back in the day. No one knows enough about it yet to judge. And let's face facts, I love Stallone, he's a legend but you could throw a rock and hit a better actor than Stallone to pull off the emotional breakdown of a character like Rambo. I say sit back and enjoy a new adaption of a great novel and judge it when you see it. The original will always be there folks.

They're not adapting the book. They're rebooting it with a younger actor in a new action franchise that most likely won't be anything like the book or the understated and nuanced first film.

Dude, it's also Millennium Films. I love bad movies and cheesy action but this hear is such a misguided ploy to draw in a new audience.

 

[The Chris]

No thank you on this one.

 

[Octoberist]

Like what James Gun said about remakes - it's not inherently bad as long you have a new take on it.

Like with True Grit, both version offer something.

But if you just want to remake something just to do, it will fail. Look at Poltergeist, Carrie, Robocop, and Total Recall. The new films have nothing new to say.

 

[Neno_Kos]

I dont see how can you reboot this property at all.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

And let's face facts, I love Stallone, he's a legend but you could throw a rock and hit a better actor than Stallone to pull off the emotional breakdown of a character like Rambo

Yikes. Talk about underselling. Stallone is actually quite a gifted actor and his work in First Blood is deceptively good.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

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