Commando

Exclusive: Producer John Davis Talks PROTECTION, COMMANDO Remake/Reboot and THE LAST MISSION

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: June 14th, 2011 at 5:53 pm

Recently, Steve got the chance to sit down with producer John Davis to talk about his new family film, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, which opens this Friday. While we’ll be running the Penguins portion of the interview later this week, Davis gave updates on a number of other projects he’s currently working on, including the action-thriller Protection (which previously had Dwayne Johnson attached to star), David Ayer’s (Street Kings) remake/reboot of the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Commando, and the action flick The Last Mission, which centers on a Navy SEAL who rounds up his old team to rescue his kidnapped daughter when the government fails to act.

Davis talks about how different Commando is from the original, confirms the script is a hard R, and talks about the development of Protection and The Last Mission. Hit the jump to see what he said.  To check out his update on the adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles click here, to see what he said about the Predator franchise click here, and for his update on Steven Soderbergh’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. click here.

20th Century Fox is Going COMMANDO With Director David Ayer

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: April 28th, 2010 at 6:20 pm

It seems writer/director David Ayer (Harsh Times, Street Kings) has finally decided on his next project and it’s going to be a remake/reboot of the classic 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Commando, with Erwin Stoff and John Davis producing.  According to Deadline:

“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. Ayer’s protagonist will be less brawny, but more skilled in covert tactics and weaponry.”

While I figured many films would be remade before Commando, I’m not completely against it.  What I am against is producer John Davis being involved.  Hit track record speaks for itself:  Dr. Dolittle, Eragon, Garfield, Daddy Day Care, AVP: Requiem, Norbit, Fat Albert, Waterworld, and a ton of other movies I would never pay to see. More after the jump:

2nd Joel Silver Interview NINJA ASSASSIN. Plus Info on Dark Castle Projects, Remakes, SHERLOCK HOLMES, More

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 24th, 2009 at 8:49 pm

At last weekend’s press junket for Ninja Assassin, I had the opportunity to speak with producer Joel Silver twice.  The first time was an exclusive TV interview, and the second time was during a roundtable interview the following day.  While I normally would be happy to use just one of the interviews, since Joel Silver is producing so many high profile projects (Lobo, Sgt. Rock, The Apparition), I knew getting to speak with him twice would be a good thing.

Also, what a lot of people don’t realize is how much info a producer can tell you.  While it’s always great to talk with an actor, unless you’re a Brad Pitt, most actors don’t have that much juice to get a project made.  So that’s why getting to speak with Joel Silver is so great, because not only can he talk about all his projects that are getting made, he can give you the status of projects like Lethal Weapon 5, or the next Shane Black movie, or even tell you they once almost remade Commando!

While most of this interview explains how Ninja Assassin got put together, he does reveal Sherlock Holmes is two hours and the studio really wants to make sequels.  Lethal Weapon 5 is dead. And he answers the big question….why hasn’t he acted since Rogger Rabbit!  Hit the jump for details:

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