Big Trouble Remake With The Rock Still In The Works
A year ago we learned thatThe Rockwould be starring in abig screen remake ofBig Trouble In Little China, but we haven’t heard much about it since then. Sometimes when you don’t hear about a film project for a long time you just assume that it could have fallen into development heck. I thought this might be the case with The Rock’sBig Troubleremake, especially since the action star keeps getting attached to so many new projects, liketheJumanjiremakeand theRobert Ludlum cinematic universe. I mean, how much time does this man have?
But according toDwayne Johnson, the film is still in the works. Find out what The Rock said, after the jump.
Fandangocaught up with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson while he was promoting his new filmCentral Intelligence(in theaters June 17) and asked him if the Big Trouble remake is still happening.
Okay, so not much of an update, but it seems like its still in the works. I’m still not sure Big Trouble in Little China needs a remake but I was really happy with what the guys at Fox have done with the Planet of the Apes franchise and I’m always down for seeing The Rock in action on the big screen.
Earlier this year, originalBig Trouble in little ChinastarKurt Russellwas asked how he felt about the remake by the guys atCollider, and here is what he had to say:
I guess it’s that time now. Hey, you know, nothing’s sacred. Why not? Go get it, good luck. … I don’t know what their reasons are for remaking the movie, but I hope that they have the right reasons, and I hope that they do it well and good luck. What can I say? I don’t know, I don’t have thoughts other than that. Hang in there, good luck, go get em.
We know that 20th Century Fox owns the rights to the movie franchise andJohn Carpenterhaspublicly said that he is not involvedwith the remake in any way. Last we heard the remake was to be written byAshley MillerandZack Stentz(X-Men: First Class) and will star Johnson as Jack Burton, “an All-American trucker who gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in San Francisco’s Chinatown.” Stay tuned for more soon.
