Glen Powell is finished with remakes
Glen Powell has declared he doesn't want to film any more remakes and wants to focus on "original movies" instead so he can create his own "legacy of pictures".
Glen Powell doesn't want to film any more remakes.
The Hollywood actor appeared in a sequel to 1996 movie Twister as well as Top Gun: Maverick - the follow-up to 1986's Top Gun - and his latest project is a new version of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1987 blockbuster The Running Man but Powell is adamant he just wants to focus on "original movies" in the future.
He told The Hollywood Reporter: "The reality is I’m not looking for [more remakes]. A lot of the movies I have coming up are original movies, and that’s what I’m trying to do.
"I’m trying to put out my own legacy of pictures for people to maybe retread years down the line."
Powell went on to explain why he took on The Running Man - which is based on Stephen King's 1982 novel of the same name - insisting his version is going to be closer to the original text than the Schwarzenegger film.
He said: "The reality is that we really aren’t remaking the Arnold movie. We’re really putting Stephen King’s book on screen for the first time.
"Arnold’s film took a lot of creative liberties with the core concept ...
"Anytime you’re treading on a title that has any sort of legacy, I don’t know if it’s really about box office. It’s really not even about how people feel about it.
"It’s the why. Why make this movie now? And when you really look at Stephen King’s original book, it’s set in 2025.
"So I don’t know if there’s any title that has more relevance than The Running Man today. When you watch this movie, every single part of it that was in Stephen King’s book is so eerily familiar. It’s crazy."
The Running Man was released in cinemas on November 12.
There’s everything from how we consume news and how we see our heroes-villains to how we orient with power and how the haves and the have-nots have never been more separate. There’s a lot going on in it. But the thing that sometimes gets Hollywood into trouble is when they look at a title and say, “We should just remake that, right?” That is said instead of why. “Why does this move audiences? What’s the reason we can get people to the theaters? Why now?” So I think The Running Man has the best answer for that.
