The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Simon Kinberg will be the latest person to try and bring a remake of Logan’s Run to life at Warner Bros. The X-Men: Days of Future Past and Fantastic Four writer/producer will script the film and produce alongside Joel Silver. A report from earlier this year indicated that the gender for the lead character may have been swapped, but with Kinberg penning a new draft this is potentially no longer the case.
There have been numerous attempts at remaking the classic film before, previously with BioShock creator Ken Levine penning a draft and before that with Ryan Gosling and his Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn developing a take on the material. Other drafts of the film were written by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later), Will Beal (Gangster Squad), and Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation).
The 1976 original starred Michael York, Jenny Agutter and Farrah Fawcett. It was based on a 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. The premise sees a future society that demands the death of everyone upon reaching a certain age. Anyone who veers from that destiny is dubbed a “runner” and is hunted by operatives known as Sandmen. Logan is a Sandman who is forced to go on the run.
