It says an awful lot when you consider DIE HARD 4.0 (or to give its US title LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD) is by far and away director Len Wiseman’s best film. This summer he brought us a truly dire remake of Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi action classic TOTAL RECALL, which looked stunning yet had no substance whatsoever (aside from gazing at beauties Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel). We recently reported Universal had tapped him to helm a reboot/remake of their iconic THE MUMMY (were they sniffing glue?!) and it seems to be true.
Wiseman has given a few details about the upcoming effort (expected 2014/15), with PROMETHEUS’ co-scripter Jon Spaihts set to pen the screenplay:
‘It doesn’t have anything to do with the Brendan Fraser films, and it is not a remake of any kind. THE MUMMY is one of Universal’s long standing, iconic characters, well before the Brendan Fraser movies… This is such a different thing. What was attractive to me…There is still a script to be written, and all of that….But the pitch was to go with a much different tone. It was a Mummy like I’d never heard of before. Its nothing like what you would expect, at all, oddly. I was picturing Egypt, and the sand swept settings. The mummy wrappings. When I heard what they were wanting to actually do with it, it was shocking…more of a modern day version of what would happen if we came across a mummy in our world today. It is pretty fascinating.’
I hated Stephen Sommer’s woeful INDIANA JONES-riffed THE MUMMY remake, that became increasingly worse with each sequel and spin-off entry. I have even lower expectations for Wiseman’s forthcoming film.
Source: Shocktillyoudrop
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.
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