If you're under 30 and have never watched Logan's Run, give it a watch because it's actually quite interesting and says a lot about youth culture.

It's honestly just as relevant and prescient as it is today as it was all the way back in 1976. Nicholas Winding Refn, he of Drive fame, has been working towards a remake of the film for a few years now with Ryan Gosling tipped to play the role made famous by Michael York.

Sadly, nothing's come of it and Refn's gone off to do something else whilst Gosling has signed on for another sci-fi classic, namely the Blade Runner sequel. Simon Kinberg, who's the brains behind X-Men's revitalisation and is currently working on Star Wars, has been handed the franchise by Warners with the mission of turning it into the next Hunger Games franchise for the studio.

In a recent interview, Kinberg confirmed that Warners are actively seeking directors for the film and that the film is a priority for them. As Kinberg tells it, Logan's Run is "something that potentially is their Hunger Games kind of franchise that is about a younger audience for a younger audience with a big idea. And Logan’s Run, as you know, is the granddaddy of Maze Runner and Hunger Games and so many of these books and movies now. So yeah, they’re seeing it as a potentially really big franchise."

He went on, saying that there "is some thought about what the future films would be and where you could take Logan in future movies, but the focus is on ‘Make a great movie.’ It was ‘Let’s make one great movie that people fall in love with but be prepared that if they do, we could make future films and what would they look like and where would you go again with the character in the next film?"

It's easy to see why Warners is pursuing this, especially when you consider that Hunger Games is done and, quite possibly, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them could fall flat on its face. Do we like the idea of a Logan's Run remake? Yes, absolutely.

It's a great sci-fi film and, as we said, it's just as - if not more - relevant than it is today. The fear, of course, is that it becomes some bland, Maze Runner-esque series that nobody really cares about. It needs a strong director with a real eye for visuals and a strong story, maybe somebody like Matt Reeves or David Ayer.

 

Via Collider