Ken Levine Writing Script For Logan’s Run Remake

Um, cool, I guess.

But can we have that Bioshock: Infinite DLC first?

Does the original hold up at all? Maybe I'll go watch it.

very first comment is a troll. giantbomb community appears to continue to slowly spiral down the drain.

Interesting....

Wow. Somehow, I totally missed seeing "The Island".

@jackg100: Does The Island make more sense in that context or less?

I watched about half of Logan's Run about a year ago.

I didn't think it was very good.

Wasn't The Island already a remake of Logans Run?

Said only insane people ever.

@scaramoosh: can't tell if joking or not

Best news I've had all day!

This is why I am scared of carousels.

I kind of wish people could simply learn to appreciate movies from different eras. I still run across individuals who won't watch a movie if it's in black & white. Older films are just fine. Still... I do occasionally discover a remake that I like better than the original; hopefully this is one of those instances.

@scaramoosh: I feel really sorry for you that you weren't able to enjoy Bioshock: Infinite the way I and many many many others did. Hope you find joy in other games, buddy.

"coming back for for a special project."

Levine was talking about how he was reflecting on his life and his future. This seems to be the result. I don't blame him. Not making it as a screen writer probably was a bit of a looming specter for him. Time to nip it in the bud.

Waaaaa....

Should be interesting.

This will really expose Levine as being a fairly mediocre writer. You're essentially dead to me if you can't write a good ending.

I like the original Logan's Run with its semi-campy sci-fi. Although I've my gripes with some of his work, I think Levine could do a good job with this, but in the end the fate of the movie lies with whoever has final cut.

1000% more interested in this movie now.

Logan's Run, considering how we relate to age and perhaps the cultural/generational whatnot was decent analysis. Nor does it escape me the dying part was incorporated in a 'game', which ppl. may re--remember perhaps, least in spirit, when the Taliban have reclaimed Afghanistan(as probably be the end result) and The Soccer Field is back open for Biz!

The acting and such was kind of grade B, but that just means room to improve. Wish Levine well, but I wants him doing video games!

The escape through the night club is literally one of my favorite scenes in cinema history. Fairly forgettable movie otherwise though.

This is awesome. I always loved the original Logan's Run, despite its obvious 70s sci-fi tropes. The design with which the producers pulled that movie off was amazing, and I hope the remake is just as good.

@bestusernameever: I haven't seen After Earth so I can't comment on that but with Book of Eli, I guess we can agree to disagree.

CAROUSEL IS A LIE!

@scaramoosh: Oh man, you tried so hard. I'm sure Levine could write a better paragraph about trolling for you.

What do you mean by "returning to his roots"? Did Levine write the original "Logan's Run"?!

I appreciate all of the writing work you do, Patrick, but... You lost me at "yet alone"

Resource management for an over populated world is still not a theme that most people can relate to or even acknowledge. Heck I still waste 15 mins worth of drinkable fresh water everyday by having long showers and I used to be a scientist, I should know better. I think it is still a viable and worthwhile setting/plot for storytelling.

The fear of people over 30 can be replaced with the fear of missing out. The 30s are the new 20s. People are settling down in their 30s now rather than in their 20s. By settling down later in life people can ostensibly have an extra decade of "fun". You take away that decade people can fuck about it in and the added pressure of the higher ups having more control over what you do makes me personally feel claustrophobic.

Patrick is usually a good writer. I assume he was probably a little distracted when penning this

@monkeyking1969: aahh - nice to read something smart in the GB comments, once in a while.

Agree completely! This is why so many remakes fail - they don't address any of the deeper layers and/or translate those to our times. It is all purely driven by nostalgia ... and Hollywood stars and producers, trying to find another safe 'blockbuster', browsing through the catalog of the studio archives (and licenses/rights they already own).

In the end, Hollywood scripts end up being rewritten to the wishes of the producers, stars and stake holders towards the "demographic" they want to serve? American "auteur" cinema ... is not grinding for 'the man' in Hollywood. Another reason, why 2013 is not the (late) 1960s and 70s.

Logan's Run is a stone cold, high camp, sci-fi classic. Dig those Moog synths and that 70's vision of a utopian future. Enjoy Jenny Agutter in full youthful flow, an English rose. Drink in the manliness of Richard York and marvel at what he has become today. Reminisce fondly over Peter Ustinov, a thespian giant.

It don't need no remake with help from Levine or otherwise. Leave history alone.

Ken can re-write all he wants, but I think the movie can't have the same meaning in 2015 as it did in 1976. The phase, 'never trust anyone over 30' was counter culture currency in the 60s and 70s, but now its has no meaning. The fear of cities over crowding was cultural currency back then too, now we see the fleeing of the cities to make suburbs as a stupid ecological mistake.

So what do current people fear? What would be the replacement for just killing everyone over 30? What do we fear now? Do we fear a lack of notoriety or a fear for privacy. In an age of judging worth by Twitter followers and YouTube followers or being a 'influence maker' maybe we just kill the people who can't get a following and the runners are those who try to drop out and hid. Runners are privacy nuts.

You can't dwell on the old fears from the 60s and 70s, the crux of the story needs to be new fears.

Really? I thought the opposite of Whitta's work, I think it may have been actually weak from the start, then manipulated even more to make a pretty bad movie. Maybe Whitta is talented, but I think his writing is overdone by either him or the studios, After Earth was the same way.

I would had said the same thing about Gary Whitta before Book of Eli. That turned out pretty good.

@ch3burashka: sorry wrong. Predator is and will always be terrific.

Is this going to be the first movie ever to be entirely told through auidio logs?

More dystopian future stuff, eh? Ah I'm sure it'll be fine.

There're things i like about both Bioshock and Infinite but there are just too many issues i have with their stories to think this will go well.

Hopefully it's better than that crappy Justin Timberlake movie "In Time" all the time puns made me want to gouge someones eyes out, even the damn name of the movie is cringeworthy!

Oh I remember that movie, I think I caught it late at night a couple of years ago and I also think I never saw the ending, I thought it had some interesting ideas and it had that cool 70s sci-fi look.

Didn't that movie have women in transparent gowns? Whatever, I don't know why they're remaking that movie.

There's a man and a city in that movie.

Oh man, speaking of movies from the 70s I hope they will never remake A Clockwork Orange, I love that movie.

Soylent Green?

@spiritof: "...Based on the Original Novel"

This is all going to fold in on itself when 2K Games gets the publishing rights to 'Logan's Run: The Movie: The Game'.

What....

Maybe film will be a better medium for Mr. Levine, maybe not.

Watched the original about a year ago. It's 70s as hell. I was glad that, as a sci-fi fan, I had seen it but I don't think I'd jump to go watch it again.

it could be amazingly next level. imagine capture the flag matches flying around on rails through buildings and setting traps and shooting crows at people and opening tears and making use of all these things in a fast paced competitive setting.. people who are bored of FPS and get bummed when things are 'just FPS' have no imagination.. there are so many possibilities for first person games.. especailly competitive. titanfall and destiny could be amazing, and so could bioshock infinite multiplayer. ..

You Monster.