MGM are thought to have their latest remake in their sights, with Variety reporting that Tom Cruise is set to star in a new version of The Magnificent Seven.
The film is the latest in a long line of remakes currently in the works at the studio, with versions of Carrie, Poltergeist and RoboCop all at various stages in the production process.
Cruise himself is also on a remake tip at present, with this latest news coming hot on the heels of the announcement that he will star in Universal's forthcoming Van Helsing remake. Cruise has apparently been a long-standing fan of The Magnificent Seven, although he's thought to be waiting for the film to be greenlit before officially signing on.
The original film (itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai) tells the story of a group of gunslingers hired by a village of Mexican peasants to run off a marauding gang of banditos. Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen headed up the all-star cast.
No word as yet on release dates or further casting, but MGM will look to get this one off the ground as soon as possible so as to secure a spot in Cruise's busy schedule. Time to start assembling those fantasy ensembles...
Source: Variety
Would you be interested in a Magnificent Seven remake? Tell us, below...
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shaunrb
May 22nd 2012, 9:38
This was talked about around 15 years ago. Willis was being mooted for the Yul Bryner role. I say go for it! Plenty of names out there that would be suited to the movie; Brolin, Gosling, Hardy...
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MoodyMonkey
May 22nd 2012, 10:00
This should definitely happen though i'm not sure Cruise is right for the leader role (would he really take any other role?). needs to be someone older, wiser, less s**t eating smugness. Anthony Hopkins...?
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CaptainCrazy
May 22nd 2012, 10:16
Looks like Cruiser reads the TF forum. Your welcome.
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MoodyMonkey
May 22nd 2012, 10:16
Tom Cruise is a GREAT actor (Magnolia, Jerry Maguire, etc). i just dont see him giving orders to the guys shaunrb mentioned (Gosling would be PERFECT for the James Coburn role). Also as you have been pointed out yourself Dabion, this story has been remade countless times and it should be remade again with the right talent. i could totally go for a modern day version with Gosling, Hardy, etc the original will always remain untouchable.
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MoodyMonkey
May 22nd 2012, 11:08
@captaincrazy i hadn't read the forum until now but you definitely called it. and great suggestions btw
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Otrain
May 22nd 2012, 11:08
*Warning* Zeebans have been masquerading as our saviors agains the Zootans for years now, do not trust them! our only allies are the Zualytons, and by god we'll need them in the run up to the 21st Dec 2012.
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RaveyDaveyGravy
May 22nd 2012, 11:11
I think it should be made just to wind up TheKingofCinema/Dillydab up a bit more!!
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FBPPrime
May 22nd 2012, 11:27
As long as Timothy Olyphant and Nathan Fillion are in the seven, you've got MY vote
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2Dglasses
May 22nd 2012, 13:48
I'm not averse to this one weirdly, although will they have it as a period western or modernise it? Either way it could conceivably be a lot of fun if they do it right..Tom hardy playing the 'Chico' role, Javier Bardem as Bernardo or the villain, Gosling can stay, Chris Pine might do for the mcqueen role, clive owen as lee and lose the pointless Harry character or possibly retool it-he didnt have enough to do in the western 'original'.
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ChrisWootton
May 22nd 2012, 14:41
Won't that make it the "Magnificent 6" though?
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marc96
May 22nd 2012, 15:26
could be good if they get the right mix of actors, some mentioned above would be great like timothy olyphant, nathan filliion, ryan gosling & tom hardy some others i'd like to see would be eric bana, ben foster, ed harris, brendan gleeson, sam rockwell, bradley cooper, kevin durand & jeremy renner tbh the list is endless of talent to use
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Hadouken76
May 22nd 2012, 15:48
Nah he should make Mass Effect : The Movie
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alarkin1
May 22nd 2012, 15:55
I think Gosling for the James Coburn role with Tom Hardy for he Steve McQueen one, maybe Brolin for the Charles Bronson character with Fassbender in there somewhere for good measure. Christian Bale being in the lead role would also be awesome! As far as the bad guy goes I'm with '2Dglasses' on Javier Bardem, or maybe even changing it up and using Daniel Day-Lewis, Brad Pitt or Jeff Bridges who I think would be good in a bad guy role in a western, To be honest the list of options would be endless.
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Ali1748
May 22nd 2012, 15:56
This is what happens when you allow Tom Cruise to listen to Bon Jovi's Wanted Dead Or Alive on his ipod.
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Hadouken76
May 22nd 2012, 17:12
Tom Hardy as Charles Bronson..now theres an idea.
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marc96
May 22nd 2012, 17:46
@thekingofcinema ... just out of curiosity, why does he deserve to die?
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CaptainCrazy
May 22nd 2012, 18:11
@Moodymonkey - thanks. And I'm glad you made it to the forum. :)
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smellyhands
May 22nd 2012, 20:42
Ok guys this is getting a little worrying. He wants a guy to die because of his religious beliefs. Plus he wants to "beat the living f**king s**t" out of a guy who is "crippled in a wheelchair". He also thinks it would be hilarious. I remember when I said Lindsay Lohan had little to no acting abilities then TKOC went on a tirade of how we are all misogynistic pigs etc etc. whilst he can go on to say things like he deserves to have his face kicked in, deserves to die and wishes him to be crippled in a wheelchair so he can beat the hell out of him. Pot. Kettle. Black.??
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writerdave87
May 22nd 2012, 21:15
You really are a disgusting little rodent aren't you. You claim to be 'sticking up for people' and now you're going off on how you wish someone was crippled so you could beat them up? Although I did like the fact you're the same height as Cruise. So now you're short as well as being a fat bald little hateful toad.
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writerdave87
May 22nd 2012, 22:49
Er... having a problem with you saying you'd beat up someone in a wheelchair is hardly 'sticking up for Tom Cruise'. It doesn't matter who it is, you're still a foul little inbred troll for saying it.
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MoodyMonkey
May 23rd 2012, 6:45
@MrBigDab the violence you talk of is disturbing in the extreme but FFS if you dont like Tom Cruise or the potential of this movie why on earth did you even bother to comment in the first place? and your opinions do not represent anybody else on these boards. at all.
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ChrisWootton
May 23rd 2012, 9:09
I don't particularly like Tom Cruise as a person but g*****n it.. he is so watchable. Saw Ghost protocol the other night.. cracking film. I'd watch most things with him in it (apart from Rock of Ages as I don't like musicals). Do not feed the trolls!
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Jsilver
May 23rd 2012, 11:37
Can't help but get involved in this one, having read so much of KOC's drivel. Got a scary headcock chasing you around by any chance? (phrasing courtesy of good old charlie brooker)
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marc96
May 23rd 2012, 12:57
i dont mind him, didnt like alot of his early films like (days of thunder & Top Gun), but overall i've enjoyed most of his films. I cant see him in a western though... but to be fair im sure people wouldnt have thought he could pull off Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder either
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Hadouken76
May 23rd 2012, 14:49
To be honest I quite like Tom Cruise, you can't deny the dedication to his work, as Simon Pegg stated, he came into help Pegg with his lines, even when he didn't need to. You wouldn't get that from the likes of Russell Crowe. Plus anyone who can scale one of the worlds tallest buildings on wires, has to have g*nads the size of coconuts! Fairplay.
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DuffyUK
May 23rd 2012, 16:41
I remember when Dalidab wished I had cancer and was dead.... Ahhhh those were days!
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MoodyMonkey
May 23rd 2012, 16:58
dont you dare or he'll...he'll...type swearwords, wish you were dead, and list his favourite s**t movies. :) LMAO IMHO!!!
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MoodyMonkey
May 23rd 2012, 16:59
And how does one 'literally shut up'?
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smellyhands
May 23rd 2012, 19:08
@MoodyMonkey... Haha I was going to ask the same thing. Words aren't his greatest allies to be fair.
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writerdave87
May 23rd 2012, 22:29
Don't push him... or he'll threaten to set his fictional serial killer brother on you.
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DuffyUK
May 24th 2012, 15:19
@Dalidab.... In the great words of Ace Ventura; "THROW IT, I DARES YA"
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