Bosco685 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Female-Led Sequel To Joe Johnson's THE ROCKETEER In The Works At Disney According to THR, a sequel to Joe Johnson's cult classic, The Rocketeer, is in early development as Disney. Though they refer to the project as a "reboot-sequel", the story is set in the original continuity and takes place 6 years after. This time, however, it won't be Cliff Secord blasting through the skies, as the movie is to "be headlined by a black female character." Max Winkler and Matt Spicer will pen the -script, with Brigham Taylor, Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil on board as producers. The follow-up will actually be titled The Rocketeers, and you can check out a synopsis below. Set six years after the original Rocketeer and after Secord has vanished while fighting the Nazis, an unlikely new hero emerges: a young African–American female pilot, who takes up the mantle of Rocketeer in an attempt to stop an ambitious and corrupt rocket scientist from stealing jetpack technology in what could prove to be a turning point in the Cold War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mayor006 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 At least they are not rebooting the actual Rocketeer. This makes me want to at first, but I think I'm warming up to the idea that at least somebody is carrying on the Secord legacy. I would have preferred Bettie becoming the replacement, but this at least makes some timeline sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauce Dog Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I like this idea. Would have been against it had it been a complete hard reboot but this spin seems much more interesting Loved that movie as a kid and think this is an amazing idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bosco685 Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 I bet they find a way to tie the flight pack to Tony Stark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kdoginohio Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I bet they find a way to tie the flight pack to Tony Stark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGGIEZ Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Are you F$%#& kidding me?!? Err'body gotta be black, or a woman, these days in Hollywood...freaking ridiculous Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40sJohn Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Rocketeer is one of my top 10 favorite movies. Not sure whether I am on board with this. If they get Joe Johnson to direct the movie, it may have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 When you look at who is producing this film... Brigham Taylor, who produced The Jungle Book with Jon Favreau, is producing along with Blake Griffin of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers and Ryan Kalil of the NFL's Carolina Panthers. Griffin and Kalil are partners in a new venture called Mortal Media and approached Taylor with the idea for the reboot. ...you have to have a little faith they will attempt to do this right. When the pic was released, it grossed only $46.6 million and came in fourth in its opening weekend (it was pummeled by Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, City Slickers and Dying Young). Its performance was considered a disappointment by the studio and its creative team. But a rare thing happened: The film took on a life of its own, engendering a massive following who loved its un-ironic, bright and straightforwardly heroic take on its characters, all abetted by a score by James Horner. When Disney hosted a 20th anniversary screening of the movie at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre in 2011, fans — many in Rocketeer costumes — lined up for blocks. It was around that time that the studio began mulling a reboot of the movie, but sources said it sought a way to differentiate it from another rocket-propelled flying hero: Iron Man. And I remember this event, which Disney was surprised at the response to the event. Disney will probably try to structure this where it can develop a multi-film plan based on the success of its Marvel franchise it is comparing against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Now they just need to develop the animated TV show and Rocketeer will be back on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantastic_four Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 If they can get young pre-pregnancy Jennifer Connelly in it, I'm all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Cataldo Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Absolutely ridiculous. More crapp for the grist mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdoginohio Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Bettie/Jennie should don the helmet and jetpack. Also, where are they getting another one from if Cliff is lost fighting Nazi's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBT Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Are you F$%#& kidding me?!? Err'body gotta be black, or a woman, these days in Hollywood...freaking ridiculous the pandering bubble is close to peak, they've already jumped the shark a few times. The speculators keep it going in actual comics by pushing up sales figures for "1st appearances", but the tv shows and movies just keep losing money because the average joe can't flip movie tickets. Give it a couple more years and it will just be a phase looked back on with humor. The whole SJW, third wave feminism, identity politics, pander-fest parade has gone off the rails because it took its cultural war too far, past common sense, and people are waking up. Audiences are much more sophisticated than media elites give them credit for, and they want strong, organic, original, real characters of diversity (gender, race, etc). People don't want shoe-horned virtue signaling remakes of white-male characters with a new identity, and the wallet voting will force the powers that be out of the pandering. Finally allowing new, talent and merit-based characters, to emerge and fill any missing "diversity quota". Shoe-horned gimmicks cannot and will not hold up against quality new material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Bettie/Jennie should don the helmet and jetpack. Also, where are they getting another one from if Cliff is lost fighting Nazi's? Why would Bettie become the new Rocketeer? Because she was in the original story arc? But I would have liked to see Cliff Secord again as the main character. Even better if they could go with the Adventure stories where Lamont Cranston appeared. That would be such a cool retro story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewWorldOrder Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Are you F$%#& kidding me?!? Err'body gotta be black, or a woman, these days in Hollywood...freaking ridiculous the pandering bubble is close to peak, they've already jumped the shark a few times. The speculators keep it going in actual comics by pushing up sales figures for "1st appearances", but the tv shows and movies just keep losing money because the average joe can't flip movie tickets. Give it a couple more years and it will just be a phase looked back on with humor. The whole SJW, third wave feminism, identity politics, pander-fest parade has gone off the rails because it took its cultural war too far, past common sense, and people are waking up. Audiences are much more sophisticated than media elites give them credit for, and they want strong, organic, original, real characters of diversity (gender, race, etc). People don't want shoe-horned virtue signaling remakes of white-male characters with a new identity, and the wallet voting will force the powers that be out of the pandering. Finally allowing new, talent and merit-based characters, to emerge and fill any missing "diversity quota". Shoe-horned gimmicks cannot and will not hold up against quality new material. That is why just like the Ghostbusters the movie will fail. Hollywood will learn and this feminist bubble will burst soon once they realize the men who takes these girls on dates and pay for the movies won't be going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 RISE OF THE GUARDIANS Director Wants To Direct THE ROCKETEERS Following the surprising news of the prototypical superhero film getting a sequel/reboot, one director has already has thrown his hat into the arena, as well as a few suggestions who you may not have heard of. Of the many news to come out of this past week, one of the more surprising pieces of information was the announcement of Disney's plans to make a sequel to the cult classic adaptation of The Rocketeer, set in a (slightly) later time period and featuring a black female lead under the helmet. Soon following the announcement, Rise of the Guardians director Peter Ramsey threw his hat in the ring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
