Cliffhanger - A reboot? What? Seriously?

StudioCanal has announced that it will be teaming with Neal Moritz's L.A.-based Original Films to reboot Cliffhanger say Variety.

The makeover of Renny Harlin's 1993 pic will center on a group of young climbers.

"Just as they rebooted 'Star Trek,' we're going to do the same with 'Cliffhanger,' " said Moritz, who will produce. Unlike the original, where Italy stood in for the Colorado Rockies, the new redo looks set to feature multiple cliff-face locations.

Let us look at that statement a little closer. Star Trek was a series in the 60's that ran for a few years. It had a big fan base and years later spawned a number of other series, books, comics, merchandise and 11 motion pictures. Star Trek is huge and the new reboot is understandable.

Cliffhanger was a film in 1993 starring Sylvester Stallone. It was okay but did not spawn any sequels or anything else.

I put it to you, looking at the above, how on earth can they compare the two and why does Cliffhanger need to be rebooted?

Sounds like a load of kids up a mountain. Chuck in a few terrorists or criminals, hot girls stripping down to their underwear to share body heat, young heroes saying things like "I will come back for you", or "Cliffhangar This!" and a comedy sidekick character and bob is your uncle.

I hear another Vertical Limit on the way. Go watch North Face instead.

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Renny Harlin talks about The Long Kiss Goodnight sequel

Out doing promotions for "12 Rounds", director Renny Harlin ("CLiffhanger," "Die Hard 2") revealed that a sequel to his 1996 hit "The Long Kiss Goodnight" is in the works, but it may be a while off.

"You know I would love to [make the sequel] and I’ve talked about it but it’s definitely a rumour. Right now there’s nothing really cooking on it" said the Finnish director this week to Moviehole.

In the original, Geena Davis played spy Samantha Caine who lost her memory and became a housewife. Soon her real memories and skills start to re-emerge and Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) gets pulled along for the ride as she hunts down those who tried to kill her.

The sequel would focus on Jackson alone and Harlin admits he has a story ready for it - "I do have a story line for it, that I worked out and I know exactly what would happen and I think it would be fantastic and I can reveal as much as saying it would be Sam Jackson to his misfortune crossing paths with Geena Davis's daughter from the first movie who in the first movie was about six years old and who would now be about 19 or 20."

Source: Dark Horizons

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