It’s one thing for Ridley Scott to revisit Blade Runner from the ground up–he hasn’t even started a script yet. Even if Scott didn’t write the original Philip K. Dick story or the brilliant script by David Peoples (who also wrote Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven), his vision is all over that movie. I can’t wait to see what he does with it.
But it’s another for his brother Tony (Unstoppable) to remake the Sam Peckinpah 1969 classic The Wild Bunch. The man is in the ground and this ground is sacred. No, please no! It’s four decades since the first release of Peckinpah’s iconic western set in 1913 Texas starring William Holden, Robert Ryan and Ernest Borgnine. See trailer below.
At the same time, Scott has made plans to direct a Hell’s Angels film. His plans are contingent on Jeff Bridges starring as the infamous gang leader, Sonny Barger, though it seems that Bridges’ plate might be filled with other projects. Scott’s got a lot going on as well; he’s reportedly working on a reboot of his 1986 blockbuster Top Gun plus possible remakes of Potzdamer Platz and John Grisham’s The Associate. Let him do those and leave the best western ever made alone.
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