LOGAN’S RUN Remake Might Have Female Lead
Warner Bros. has been looking to get a Logan’s Run remake into production for years, but it’s always kind of fizzled out. The most recent attempt to make the movie was being developed with actor Ryan Gosling re-teaming with his Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn. That’s no longer happening, though.
The current script for the film is being written by BioShock creator Ken Levine, and according to Tracking Board, the remake has been retooled to make the lead character a female. This news is unconfirmed, but it sounds like something Hollywood would do.
Logan’s Run is based on the 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, and the original 1976 movie starred Michael York, Jenny Agutter, and Farrah Fawcett. The story centers on a future society that requires the death of everyone upon reaching a certain age. Anyone who does't embrace their destiny to die is labeled a “runner” and is hunted by operatives known as Sandmen. Logan is one of these Sandmen who is forced to go on the run.
It is reported that the new film is expected to stay closer to the source material than the original movie did and could feature low-tech science fiction in a futuristic setting. I liked the original 1976 film, and if this remake actually does happen, I hope they go with the retro vibe.