Rambo Reboot On The Way

[MartyMcFly]

'Rambo' Reboot in the Works With 'Criminal' Director (Exclusive)

One man army John Rambo is poised for a return the big-screen.

Nu Image/Millennium Films is plotting a reboot of the classic 1980s action franchise that starred Sylvester Stallone, tapping Brooks McLaren to pen the script and Ariel Vromen to direct the feature.

Titled Rambo: New Blood, the new reboot would not see Stallone return as the action hero, like he did in Millennium’s 2008 outting, but would see a younger actor inhabit the role. The company is looking at Rambo as a character akin to James Bond.

Rambo was the lead character in a 1972 novel by David Morrell titled First Blood. Hollywood adapted the book into the hit 1982 movie that starred Stallone in a story that despite its action trappings looked at issues facing disaffected Vietnam War vets. (It also veered from the book by having its protagonist live at the end of the story.)

When the series returned, with 1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II, it was tapping into go-go 1980s America, with a script co-written by James Cameron. It was a pure high-adrenaline action movie with Rambo getting revenge, star and stripes style, on the Vietnamese. Stallone was at a zenith, the movie was unbeatable at the box office, and the character entered pop culture’s list of cinematic icons.

Rambo III, released in 1988, was a drop in quality and box office, and the character was dormant until Stallone resuscitated him for 2008’s Rambo.

No plot details were given for the new film as the project is still in early development.

McLaren has been working steadily in the action sphere since writing How It Ends, a post-apocalyptic survival tale which was on the 2010 Black List. Among his project is Line of Sight, an action thriller which Ben Affleck is developing for Warner Bros. He is repped by Verve and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Vroman is a Millennium favorite, having directed The Iceman, the 2012 crime drama that starred Michael Shannon and Winona Ryder, and Criminal, a Ryan Reynolds-Gal Gadot thriller released this year, for the company. He is repped by WME, LBI Entertainment and Marks Law Group.

So they're going the james bond route

 

[boskey]

Never forget that Rambos first enemies were the crooked ass cracker police

 

[MartyMcFly]

If they do this as another exploration of PTSD like first blood and take it from the Vietnam experience to the recent Afghan or Iraq experience it could be decent.

 

[FaTaL]

If they do this as another exploration of PTSD like first blood and take it from the Vietnam experience to the recent Afghan or Iraq experience it could be decent.

They already did that in Rambo 3


Who would make a good Rambo though?

 

[the next guy]

Uh oh. they better not mess this up.

 

[Deltron]

so that rumored "final" one where he supposedly goes at the cartels or something like that is off the books now huh?


I'm kinda glad the OG franchise ended w/ the last one, it was a perfect full circle...on the other hand...this has me a little ...gonna be hard to replace Stallone

 

[richaveli83]

They already did that in Rambo 3

That was during the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 80s. It would be more fitting for the war the United States was directly involved in after 9/11.

 

[steadyrighteous]

They already did that in Rambo 3


Who would make a good Rambo though?

Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

But seriously, if done right like @MartyMcFly said this could actually be a really good movie in the same way The Hurt Locker was.

Focus on the realism of an unstable ex-soldier on a semi-justifiable but clearly overdone revenge mission.

 

[GR13]

They already did that in Rambo 3


Who would make a good Rambo though?

Tom Hardy's the only established" New Hollywood" actor i can see pulling it off an 80's/90's badass action hero vibe with out it looking forced and corny

I mean you really want chris hemsworth/chris evans/ chris pratt/chris pine being the new rambo

 

[Rapmastermind]

You can't "James Bond" Rambo. Rambo is Rambo like Indy is Indy like Han Solo is Han Solo. If they reboot it, it should be a Vietnam Era Young Rambo before "First Blood" on some crazy Nam mission so we can understand why his skill level was so ill. What made "First Blood" so good is it focused on PTSD and how Nam effected him. But I do like that title "New Blood". They are doing the same with "Die Hard" and calling it "Year One" and have John Mcclain as a young cop in New York. I do think Stallone shouldn't do another one. The ending of "John Rambo" tied the franchise together perfectly. Again I agree that since "Episode I" Hollywood has been Prequel/Reboot obessed but going to John Rambo's past is the only way to go storywise. It would bring context to all his crazy dreams and visions from being tortured in Nam.

 

[SpacelySprockets]

hopefully bryson tiller gets the role

 

[MartyMcFly]

They already did that in Rambo 3


Who would make a good Rambo though?

That was during a different time like @richaveli83 said. completely different context now. and I'm not saying go to afghanistan I'm saying the fallout from the war. PTSD is a huge deal and we know a lot more about it now than we did in the 70s and 80s. Rather than turning Rambo into this superman, you could actually make a thoughtful action movie with a lot going for it socially, politically, and action wise. Just like First Blood. I don't think I've seen any of the directors stuff but if done right, this could be very interesting and standout from our action movies now which are either comic book flicks or the dopeness of John Wick.

 

[42 Monks]

Never forget that Rambos first enemies were the crooked ass cracker police

Guess they're going to need to fix that

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Trying to replace Stallone

Create your own action hero franchise without sullying the good name of Rambo

 

[Sunalmighty]

Make it a prequel and show Raven Company in Vietnam