Logan's Run (1976)

If they remake it I will almost certainly say I preferred Michael York and Jenny Agutter.

But surely they have to improve on Peter Ustinov.
Peter, I liked you in lots of things, but not Logan's run.
 
Agreed Jo, but wouldn't a remake bring this story to an entirely new audience?
 
Agreed Jo, but wouldn't a remake bring this story to an entirely new audience?

I mostly go along with this but sometimes I think a version of things does thing so well nothing else is needed. (Some like it hot, Calamity Jane, A Wonderful World, Point Break - still smarting at that one) that a remake is never going to bring more to the party than making the original more accessible would.
 
...a remake is never going to bring more to the party than making the original more accessible would.
Yes, they could update it with more CGI monsters and lasers in the background of scenes, and have Jessica run first. :whistle:

I'll be controversial and say I think this film has already been re-made several times. The Island, for instance has some huge similarities in the respect of having two "babes in the wood" of a world existing outside of what they knew.

I hate Hollywood remaking movies too, though there is nothing new in it - Tarzan, Dracula, The Mummy. The only way I would give a thumbs up is if they went back to the original 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson (which I haven't read but is apparently quite different.)
 
The original is a classic, but I could see it re done to polish the special effects a little more. I liked the guns the sandmen used, it was a departure from the standard Star Wars/Battlestar Galactica type weapon. They have to keep Box the homicidal robot, that was probably the creepiest part. I also agree about the absence of Peter Ustinov - it would be a benefit. If it makes some money, I bet they would even try to make another TV series.
 
The original is a classic, but I could see it re done to polish the special effects a little more. I liked the guns the sandmen used, it was a departure from the standard Star Wars/Battlestar Galactica type weapon. They have to keep Box the homicidal robot, that was probably the creepiest part. I also agree about the absence of Peter Ustinov - it would be a benefit. If it makes some money, I bet they would even try to make another TV series.

Maybe as an HBO tv series ?
 
Given the nature of the source material, I could see it getting adapted for Netflix or HBO. It would be more interesting if they followed the original book more closely.
 
Given the nature of the source material, I could see it getting adapted for Netflix or HBO. It would be more interesting if they followed the original book more closely.

If they did the series faithful to the book , It would be fantastic. Given the success The Hunger Games films and tv series like The 100, A Logan's tv series would have no trouble finding an audience.:)
 
If they did the series faithful to the book , It would be fantastic. Given the success The Hunger Games films and tv series like The 100, A Logan's tv series would have no trouble finding an audience.:)


wouldn't work - it'd be too intelligent for the HG fans ;)
 
As far as appealing to young adult viewers, I think it would depend more on who they cast than what the story was about. The biggest issue would be the writing and who the showrunner was. It could easily get caught in development hell.
 

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