Stallone is Remaking 'Death Wish'
He really doesn't know how old he is...
Sylvester Stallone is 61-years-old, but you wouldn't know it by the kinds of movies he is making. Last year it was Rocky Balboa, which I enjoyed quite a bit. In early 2008 it is going to be Rambo, and now Variety is reporting that he has set his sites on a remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson starrer Death Wish.
The article goes on to say that Stallone is in talks to direct and star as an ordinary man who goes vigilante after his wife and daughter are attacked. Michael Ferris and John Brancato, whose credits include Terminator 3 and the upcoming Terminator reboot Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.
Paramount holds some rights to partner up on the production, but MGM isn't waiting for them and if this writers strike is settled quickly they want to get the film in production as soon as March 2008.
Bronson was 53-years-old when he starred as Paul Kersey in the first Death Wish, a film that eventually turned into a franchise and Bronson ended up starring as Kersey in Death Wish V: The Face of Death at the ripe young age of 73. Bronson passed in August 30, 2003.
"We are looking at our library to determine which potential franchise properties make the most sense for us to produce, and 'Death Wish' was clearly one of that jumped out," said MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands to Variety. "We hope to get a deal done with Sylvester Stallone to direct and star, and like the 'Rocky' and 'Rambo' films, we see this as another potential franchise for him."
The article (located here) also continues to bring up two installments of The Hobbit and the wish for Peter Jackson to return to the franchise as well as the next Thomas Crown and Terminator films.
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