Tom Cruise in...The Magnificent Seven

[Daniel Thompson]

They wont and you know it.

Hey she might look even sexier with some more meat.t:

 

[Daniel Thompson]

Another pick I have is Gina Carano for the female role.

 

[dude stannis]

Hey she might look even sexier with some more meat.t:

She definitely would. Absolutely.

 

[Daniel Thompson]

^ Alright so we on the same page.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Rumor Patrol: Damon, Costner & Freeman To Join ‘The Magnificent Seven’ Remake

Last month we brought you news that Tom Cruise was attached to star in a MGM’s remake of the classic western The Magnificent Seven. Now there appears to be evidence that the Mission: Impossible star will be joined by Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman and western aficionado Kevin Costner – news (which if true) is sure to get film fans talking.

The Sun, one of Britain’s biggest selling (and notoriously unreliable) newspapers is reporting that “MGM are throwing big money at the film and wanted some top names to fill the main parts.” The tabloid states that Cruise will be replacing Yul Brynner as Chris Larabee Adams in the remake, while Matt Damon will be taking on the role of Vin Tanner, the character originally played by Steve McQueen. Apparently Kevin Costner will be slipping into James Coburn’s duds for the role of Britt, while Morgan Freeman will take over Eli Wallach’s part of Calvera.

It’s exciting news, but is it true?

Well, like I said above, The Sun is notorious for printing inaccurate (read: made-up) entertainment stories, and the basis for this one is an unnamed “source.” So, on the surface it would appear that this is another piece of creative journalism. However, when you break down the component parts of the story then you see that there just might be a kernel of truth in there, lurking somewhere.

We know that Cruise is interested in the film and wants to make a western. So, that part is accurate. Next, Matt Damon starred in True Grit, a western that was successful at the box office – so it makes sense that MGM might want to connect with a star that has had success in such a risky genre. Also, Damon and Cruise almost worked together on Minority Report (Colin Farrell ultimately got Damon’s role), so it would seem like they may want to share the screen together. So, Damon’s casting appears to hold some water.

Kevin Costner is also a name long associated with westerns, and he’s just coming off the massive success of the mini-series Hatfields and McCoys (not to mention Dances With Wolves or Open Range), so it would seem like he is a likely choice to legitimise such a remake. Costner also worked with Morgan Freeman on Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and it is just possible that the duo may also want to work together again. Freeman also starred in Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-winning Unforgiven, so he is no stranger to the western genre and he is also quite prone to popping up in films with ensemble casts like RED and the Batman films. So, again, this appears to be very plausible casting.

To be fair, someone could have used similar logic to create such a story, or it could be fragments of truth mixed together. If it is true, then The Magnificent Seven might just become a remake that gets movie fans excited – think Ocean’s Eleven in chaps.

http://screenrant.com/magnificent-seven-remake-cast-cruise-costner-damon-freeman-niall-178621/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...us-by-Steve-McQueen-alongside-Tom-Cruise.html

 

[Doctor Jones]

If it's the Sun then.... I dont' think it's true. Notice how these guys have all been in westerns before so for a tabloid, that's something they would gravitate towards.

 

[terry78]

Though if it was true, that ****er would make boatloads of money.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Yeah, but Freeman as Calvera? At least Eli Wallach could pass as Mexican; were there a lot of black bandits back then?

I can see Freeman as Bernard; it's a fitting character for him. Damon as Vin is an easy A, and while Costner is not my first choice for Britt, you can't go wrong putting Costner in a western.

 

[cherokeesam]

If the rumor's true, then at least they've proven that it's an honest to god Western, and not some modern day neo-Western. Thank god.

I'm down with that cast, but Freeman's way past his prime to be playing *any* kind of gunslinger --- black hat or white hat. Not to mention the fact that it would be kind of odd to see him playing a Mexican, if they stick to that angle and still use the name Calvera. Then again, Freeman is just as "Mexican" as Eli Wallach.

 

[dude stannis]

If it's the Sun then.... I dont' think it's true. Notice how these guys have all been in westerns before so for a tabloid, that's something they would gravitate towards.

My excitement would... gravitate towards... the roof!

 

[Hunter Rider]

MGM Hires Novelist Nic Pizzolatto to Draft The Magnificent Seven

 

[Rowsdower!]

Whoa, I hadn't heard about Damon, Costner and Freeman possibly being in this, but damn... that's some exciting stuff if it's true.

 

[bullets]

That sounds too good to be true.

 

[Erzengel]

I love the Seven Samurai story.

I watch and own the original and Magnificent Seven. I've watched the anime Samurai 7.

I'm not a huge Tom Cruise fan and can no longer watch him in a movie, as he takes me out of the movie, hey there's Tom Cruise and not, he's Kambei/Chris Adams. Not sure who he's going to play. He's definitely not a Chris Adams type.

I wouldn't necessarily mind a remake, but just not one with him in it.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I'm not the biggest Cruise fan, but if he's in the movie I don't think he'll get any less than the Chris Adams role. Maybe he'll get the Vin role, if they pick an older guy (Freeman maybe) for the Chris role.

 

[Erzengel]

I also watched 13 Assassins which is also an excellent homage to Seven Samurai.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Dammit do we need another western
JUst make a futuristic apocalyptic animesque movie dammit

 

[MrMaooz]

‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Director to Rewrite MGM’s ‘Magnificent Seven’; Tom Cruise No Longer Involved (Exclusive)

“Saving Mr. Banks” director John Lee Hancock has come on to rewrite MGM’s remake of “The Magnificent Seven,” which Tom Cruise is no longer involved with, TheWrap has learned.

“True Detective” scribe Nic Pizzolatto wrote the initial draft of the script. John Sturges directed the original 1960 Western, which itself was based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic “Seven Samurai.”

“Magnificent Seven” starred Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter and Horst Buchholz as a group of American gunmen hired to protect a small Mexican village from a group of savage bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach). The film was followed by three sequels and remade as a CBS series in 1998-2000.

Cruise first became interested in “Magnificent Seven” back in May 2012, when MGM began developing a remake of its library title, though with his busy schedule, the project was never in his immediate plans. Pizzolatto was hired in August 2012 thanks to heat generated by HBO’s upcoming miniseries “True Detective,” which stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

MGM remains focused on mining its library titles to generate new profits. In addition to upcoming reboots of the “RoboCop” and “Poltergeist” franchises, the studio is also developing remakes of “Death Wish” and “WarGames.”

Hancock is no stranger to the Western genre, having co-written and directed “The Alamo” for Disney, which has maintained faith in the filmmaker despite that film’s disappointing box office performance. Not only did the studio entrust him with its own Walt Disney movie “Saving Mr. Banks,” which is currently in the awards conversation, but it also turned to Hancock to fix its upcoming tentpole “Maleficent.” Hancock wrote several new scenes and helped oversee reshoots on the $200 million-budgeted Angelina Jolie movie.

Hancock directed Sandra Bullock to an Oscar nomination for “The Blind Side,” which was a surprise Best Picture nominee. His other feature writing credits include Clint Eastwood’s “A Perfect World” and “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” and Hancock was also among a trio of scribes credited on “Snow White and the Huntsman.” He’s repped by CAA.

http://www.thewrap.com/saving-mr-banks-director-john-lee-hancock-rewrite-mgms-magnificent-seven-exclusive/

 

[jacobed]

Yikes he has an awful track record

 

[Whiskey Tango]

The Alamo, The Blind Side and The Rookie are all solid films. If your only criteria for success is LOLBILLIONS then I guess he's subpar, yeah.

 

[dude stannis]

Cruise is out? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

The Rookie as in Eastwood and Charlie Sheen? If so then he's golden for this.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

The Rookie as in Eastwood and Charlie Sheen?

Nah it's the Dennis Quaid baseball one.

 

[Rowsdower!]

A Perfect World and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil were two of the most boring movies I've ever seen. I also found The Blind Side overrated. And Snow White was crap, though it's unclear how heavily involved he was in that movie, so I won't blame it entirely on him.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

A Perfect World was far from boring, not every movie needs gunfights and car chases every ten minutes.

Anyway he wrote the ones you mentioned, not directed.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Gee, thanks. I didn't know movies couldn't be boring unless they had constant gunfights and car chases.