Fox Developing "Commando" remake
Thu, April 29, 2010 
Ironically enough right after Fox finished the Predators remake another Schwarzenegger film of the 80's will be getting the remake treatment, 20th Century Fox has hired David Ayer to write and direct a reboot of the 1985 film that became one of the building blocks that transformed Arnold Schwarzenegger from bodybuilder to superstar. Erwin Stoff and John Davis will produce the new version.
Ayer is the former Navy soldier who wrote Training Day and moved into directing with Harsh Times and Street Kings.
He 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 protagonist will be less brawny, but more skilled in covert tactics and weaponry. This kind of sucks. I think a big part of "Commando" and all of Schwarzenegger's films from the 80's was the huge intimidating force he brought to the screen. Having Adrien Brody take over in his shoes in Predator seemed ridiculous enough, and now you want to do basically the same thing again, but this time with Commando?
Come on Fox, your better then this. At least I thought you were.
Cast Dwayne Johnson, he'd be great in that kind of role, and what better time then right now. While he's currently re-entering the action bad ass genre with three of his next projects, Commando would be a perfect fit.
Reader Comments (2)
hollywood is raping the 80's
lmao Dave^ I agree. those fuckers in hollywood are stealing my childhood and raping it with shitty remakes. They need someone like the rock or i dunno, someone big and bad ass as fuck