By Erik Davis
The Rock Talks About That Big Trouble in Little China Remake
If there’s anyone who can do justice to a Big Trouble in Little China remake and lend it such much-needed nerd cred, it’s Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The success of his most recent projects has turned the former wrestler into one of today’s hottest in-demand stars, and he’ll need all of that star power to deliver a Big Trouble remake fans of the classic John Carpenter movie will be proud of. But what else can he bring to the recently-announced movie?
How about John Carpenter?
While speaking about the project to EW, The Rock says he wants Carpenter involved at some level. “I loved reading the reactions from the fans, that they were so polarized – I’m the same way,” he said. “My response is: know that I come to the project with nothing but love and respect for the original, which is why we want to bring on John Carpenter.”
Whether or not Carpenter lends some support is probably based on how the script turns out. In fact, Johnson says it all comes down to the script, to the point where this won’t even happen if they don’t get something juicy to work with.
“Let’s see what feels good, what we can come up with and then go from there,” Johnson said. “And as we write it, if the whole thing starts to stink up, then we thank everybody for their efforts and accept this just couldn’t make it.”
James Cameron Lends Some Street Cred to Terminator: Genisys
The Rock isn’t the only one tossing out some street cred to upcoming nerd-fueled projects — James Cameron is in your corner, too. The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day director is featured in a new video in which he talks about what it was like watching Terminator: Genisys (in theaters July 1) for the first time.
Check out the video below, via IGN.
What’s interesting is how Cameron considers Terminator: Genisys to be the third film in the franchise, bypassing both Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation — making it a direct sequel to his two movies. He also says the choice to make John Connor the villain is “pretty cool because you create this riff against expectation,” adding that if you like the Terminator films, “you’re gonna love this movie.”
If the director who kicked off the entire franchise thinks we’re gonna love the new one, that’s a very good thing. Now we just need to convince him to direct the next one… (wink, wink).
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