I was just wondering what happened to Craig Brewer (his Footloose remake has been in production so long, I completely forgot about it), and now here he is, attached to something that seems utterly wrong for him.
According to Deadline, Brewer has made a deal with Warner Bros to direct a Tarzan trilogy. The studio has been struggling to get a reboot/remake off the ground for years, and Adam Cozad is penning the latest version. Deadline is mu as to what that new version might offer that the other ones didn’t.
Tarzan is always a character I thought would be fun to see again. I’ve always had pathetic, sure-to-be-unwatchable wishes to see some of the really pulpy stuff adapted, like The Return to Tarzan, which takes the hero from the courts of Europe to lost jungle cities. It would be a lot more fun than yet another origin story of how he learns to read and make loincloths.
But Tarzan is such a relic, and I imagine the George of the Jungle movies (Remember that Brendan Fraser? The one who was always posing half naked? I barely do.) made a serious approach difficult, if not impossible. And that’s not even touching the racist overtones of the story.
I don’t even feel like going on and on about this. So many Tarzan adaptations have fallen apart before this, and Brewer seems like such a wrong fit, though he does favor hot and humid locations, and Black Snake Moan did have some major pulp overtones. But again, let’s see if this even goes anywhere…
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A TRILOGY?!! Crap, talk about optimism. They can either go for gritty realism (aka Greystoke) or completely loopy (CGI jungle monsters, lost cities, big breasted Amazonian warrior women). Either way adds up to a big pile of meh.
I dunno, that last description sounds promising. i am all for that. But of course Hollywood bein Hollywood, it will likely devolve into some unwatchable kid friendly 3D dreck like that God-Awful one starring Casper Van Dien
Elisabeth Rappe, I would definitely cast a real…Swinger as Tarzan! I would also go with the high concept ideal! Another reason to go high concept is Edgar Rice Burroghs…Other Character, John Carter getting a film of his own in, 2012! If, John Carter is a hit, Tarzan may try to…APE, it’s Success, on the big screen!To me, the only Tarzan films that were…Awesome, were the ones featuring Johnny Weismuller! Filmmation did have the great…Tarzan: Lord Of The Jungle cartoon, as well! Also, the…Worst Tarzan film is…Greystoke!
Is duke fleed really just a random pun generator developed by Lee Falk? Here’s hoping they can take a decent stab at this. The franchise is over due for a decent addition.
QuintProQuo, No, I am not created by the creator of a…Phantom or a Mandrake! Most of my puns, are…connected to the subject at hand! I hope they do not get a Plain…JANE, to portray Tarzan’s lady love! I think…Josh Duhamel would be a good fit as…Lord Of The Jungle! Olivia Wilde would be a good…Jane!
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