Bruce Willis Will Be Judge, Jury And Executioner In 'Death Wish' Remake

[Remy Danton]

For a second there, it seemed like we'd permanently lost Bruce "seriously, I'll do anything" Willis to junky, should-be-straight-to-DVD movies, and "Die Hard" sequels that lower the bar with each passing entry. But Hollywood still believes in the guy, and he's been tapped to play an ordinary man dealing with an extraordinary situation (sound familiar?) in a reboot of a gritty '70s cult classic.

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Deadline reports that Willis will lead the long gestating "Death Wish" remake at MGM. At one time slated to be directed by Joe Carnahan, who called his version "a potential Oscar-winning film" in an email tirade he sent to MGM when he was clashing with them over the movie (surprise, he didn't get to make it), Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, the duo behind the recent festival fave "Big Bad Wolves," will direct. And their take will apparently follow Brian Garfield's book, which inspired the 1974 Charles Bronson-starring movie about a man who goes on a warpath of vengeance after his wife is murdered and daughter victimized.

So guess this rules out Keshales and Papushado for "Justice League Dark," which Warner Bros. doesn't seem to be in any hurry to make anyway. No word yet when production on "Death Wish" begins, but with major pieces in place, it should be soon.

Bruce Willis Will Be Judge, Jury And Executioner In 'Death Wish' Remake

 

[BXKingPin82]

Give em hell Bruce

 

[thekingsmen]

I guess Sly gave up on the project.

 

[Deltron]

Yeah, he did. Would've liked Sly as Paul.

Willis isn't a bad choice either, if he doesn't phone it in and make it his usual John McClane performance post DH3

 

[MikelArteta]

First three death wish were classic.

Hope they don't pg this crap.
I want that old grizzled make a dude swallow what he stole.

 

[YvrzTrvly]

No creativity in jewland these days

 

[The Guru]

Ain't nothing like an old school urban revenge flick. Shooting a mawfakker from a bazillion feet distance with a magnum

 

[Mowgli]

Slipping if set in chicago or has black villains

 

[manyfaces]

Bring back "Wilby"

 

[Roman Brady]

Death sentence was pretty dope to me don't think we need a death wish reboot after that flick kept us fed

 

[HipHopStan]

Ain't nothing like an old school urban revenge flick. Shooting a mawfakker from a bazillion feet distance with a magnum

And just for shyts and giggles:

 

[Deltron]

don't forget this

 

[BXKingPin82]

No creativity in jewland these days

Muthafukkas cant even make comic book movies
And the shyts already written for them

With pictures and shyt!

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

I wanna say this is going to be really really good, but we all know Bruce is gonna sleep walk through this whole thing
Which is frustrating cause when he's on he's on

 

[HipHopStan]

don't forget this

"I wish I was dead. Eeuggh."