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"The current political climate has led to a growing popularity of dystopian stories such as Black Mirror and Blade Runner 2049 so it seems as good a time as ever to reboot Logan’s Run. I hear Warner Bros has just closed a deal to kickstart the project, written by Hunger Games writer Peter Craig and directed by X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg.
The project has been in the works for a few years but I understand a deal closed this week. The studio will be hoping that Logan’s Run can replicate the success of Denis Villeneuve’s Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford-fronted sci-fi drama and receive a similar buzz to Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, which is released later this year. Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and The Matrix producer Joel Silver is producing.
The story is set in a utopian society in the future where the population and consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by killing people as they reach 30. It follows Logan 5, a ‘Sandman’ killer, as he runs off his Jessica, while being chased by another Sandman, after he faces death himself.
It’s thought that the remake could feature a female lead instead of a male lead. This would suit Craig, who wrote The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2."
"The current political climate has led to a growing popularity of dystopian stories such as Black Mirror and Blade Runner 2049 so it seems as good a time as ever to reboot Logan’s Run. I hear Warner Bros has just closed a deal to kickstart the project, written by Hunger Games writer Peter Craig and directed by X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg.
The project has been in the works for a few years but I understand a deal closed this week. The studio will be hoping that Logan’s Run can replicate the success of Denis Villeneuve’s Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford-fronted sci-fi drama and receive a similar buzz to Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, which is released later this year. Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and The Matrix producer Joel Silver is producing.
The story is set in a utopian society in the future where the population and consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by killing people as they reach 30. It follows Logan 5, a ‘Sandman’ killer, as he runs off his Jessica, while being chased by another Sandman, after he faces death himself.
It’s thought that the remake could feature a female lead instead of a male lead. This would suit Craig, who wrote The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2."