Clearly undeterred by the wave of negativity and the endless development limbo cycles that have afflicted the attempt to reboot Escape From New York, 20th Century Fox thinks it has the right team to remake another cult John Carpenter/Kurt Russell film. The studio has Dwayne Johnson negotiating to star in a reboot of **Big Trouble In Little China.
Writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz – who worked on X-Men: First Class for the studio – are on script duty for the film, which would see Johnson take over the role as Jack Burton, a trucker dragged into a centuries-old battle in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Although not perhaps the best of the Russell/Carpenter joints, Big Trouble still has a warm reputation among fans of cult ‘80s cinema. It also happens to be one of Dwayne Johnson’s favourite movies, so we can see why he might be interested in bringing his charisma to the role. Given his connection to Russell from the most recent Fast & Furious film, there’s a hope in our hearts that he’s already sought out the man’s blessing to take over one of his iconic roles.
Coming off a box-office personal best with San Andreas, Johnson has several projects on the go, including comedy Central Intelligence, voice work on the Disney pic Moana and Ballers, the HBO series he stars in that starts airing later in the month.
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