Cliffhanger to be remade for some reason unknown to mankind

[Queasy]

Link - Check the bolded... Dude, WTF are you smoking. Star Trek is a franchise that is well-loved, has spawned multiple TV series, over 10 movies, and has been a cultural phenomenon. Cliffhanger was a B-movie that's luckily enough to be replayed on TNT or AMC...

Storming into Cannes with an ever-more muscular international slate and standout financial results, Gallic mini-major StudioCanal has announced that it will be teaming with Neal Moritz's L.A.-based Original Films to reboot "Cliffhanger."

A big-budget international action-adventure thriller set in a big mountain milieu, 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.

Moritz ("Fast & Furious") and StudioCanal are looking to attach a screenwriter.

Aiming for a 2010 shoot, the makeover forms one of "a half-dozen or so projects" linking StudioCanal and Moritz, said StudioCanal chairman Olivier Courson.

Moritz is already producing an $80 million-plus remake of "Escape from New York" for Warner Bros.-New Line and StudioCanal. And Universal and StudioCanal are co-financing the Moritz-produced narrative remake of docu "The Complete History of My Sexual Failures," with Jay Roach attached to direct.

Owned by Vivendi paybox Canal Plus, StudioCanal will fully finance "Cliffhanger."

"The Cliffhanger" announcement comes as StudioCanal looks to drive with ever more force into U.S., international and local movie production. It's also upping the number of international pictures it's producing per year to around five.

 

[spidey07]

Stupid statement. But I loved that movie and would pay handsomely for a sequel that had the same kind of bravado and suspense.

 

[PricklyPete]

I have to say...I enjoyed the movie as well...even if it was a bit ridiculous. Unfortunately it is likely to be even more ridiculous if these guys remake it.

 

[olds]

I used to use the opening where the helicopter comes in to showcase my HT.