The LOGAN'S RUN Remake Will Be Directed By X-MEN Producer Simon Kinberg
Warner Bros. is set to move forward with their Logan's Run remake and according to Deadline, they've hired longtime X-Men producer Simon Kinberg to direct it. Kinberg, who is directing X-Men: Dark Pheonix, was originally hired to write and produce the movie. Now he's jumping into the director's chair!
The script for the film will be worked on by Hunger Games writer Peter Craig and according to the report the studio hopes that Logan’s Run "can replicate the success of Denis Villeneuve’s Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford-fronted sci-fi drama and receive a similar buzz to Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, which is being released later this year."
They certainly have high hopes! It's also said that this remake will feature a female lead instead of a male lead because that's what Hollywood is doing these days.
Logan’s Run is based on William F. Noland and George Clayton Johnson’s novel, and the first film was originally released in 1976. It starred Michael York and Farrah Fawcett. There's no word yet on who will star in this next film.
The story is set in a utopian society in the future where the population and consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by killing people at the age of 21. Logan is an executioner who carries out those deaths, only to end up becoming a "Runner" when his own 21st birthday occurs.
What are your thoughts on the direction of this Logan's Run remake? Do you think Kinberg is a good choice to direct?