20th Century Fox Remaking Commando

Deadline New York

April 29, 2010


20th Century Fox has hired David Ayer to write and direct a remake of the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger-starrer Commando. Erwin Stoff and John Davis will produce.

Ayer is a former Navy soldier who wrote Training Day and moved into directing with Harsh Times and Street Kings.

Deadline New York says Ayer "will put his own real-world spin on
this original premise: a retired elite special forces operative sees his
daughter kidnapped and is told she'll die unless he gets on a plane and
kills the rival of a nasty exiled dictator. In the original,
Schwarzenegger jumped off the plane before takeoff, and killed everyone
involved in the kidnap plot."

Ayer's version of the character "will be less brawny, but more skilled in covert tactics and weaponry."

source: www.comingsoon.net

I can't imagine a remake of this classic.

Yeah this guy wants to make a serious version of Commando. The problem is it's already been done. It was called Taken.

Well that's been the trend lately in Hollywood. It seems like every year a old movie is being remade. Heck some times it's not even that old of a movie. The Hulk comes to mind. Soon Spiderman. Don't get me wrong, sometimes they do it right. Sometimes.