MGM is still planning on developing that remake of Matthew Broderick‘s 1983 classic WarGames. Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon was attached to develop it at one point, but he has since dropped out of the project. The studio is now in negotiations with Dean Israelite to direct the feature. They also are brining on Arash Amel (Grace of Monaco) to rewrite the screenplay, previously scripted by Noah Oppenheim. I’m not familiar with anything that Israelite has done, so I have no idea if he’s a solid choice or not. The studio obviously saw something in him.
The original film followed a young computer prodigy who hacks into a government system and accidentally initiates a computerized countdown to a nuclear weapons launch. All the while he thinks he’s just playing a game.
No one has been officially cast in the project yet, but according to reports the studio has been looking at both Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars) and Tye Sheridan (Mud) as potential actors to take on the lead role.
I know i always enjoyed the movie, I would like to see where they can take the remake! Seems like every movie is being remade these days! Is there a movie that can’t be remade?