It appears that Sylvester Stallone has lost his grip on the Cliffhanger reboot, with the news that the action-icon has been replaced in the Jaume Collet-Serra directed film by Lily James and Pierce Brosnan.
Variety report that the reworking of the 1993 action-blockbuster will now be very different to what was announced back in early 2023. Then it was a Stallone-starring sequel that was to be directed by Greenland‘s Ric Roman Waugh. Skip forward to now and what they are terming a ‘creative overhaul’ has meant that Black Adam‘s Collet-Serra is to helm the reboot, with Cinderella‘s Lily James taking the lead role alongside Pierce Brosnan.
The legendary Bond actor will play an experienced mountaineer named Ray Cooper, who runs a luxury chalet in the Dolomites with daughter Sydney. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by kidnappers. Ray’s daughter Naomi (James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes. To save her family, she must confront her fears and fight for survival.
Filming is reportedly already underway among the peaks of Austria, with an impressive climbing crew that features Nell Tiger Free (The First Omen), Franz Rogowski (Bird), Shubham Saraf (Shantaram), Assaad Bouab (Overdose), Suzy Bemba (Poor Things) and Bruno Gouery (Emily in Paris). The script is based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night).
Directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2: Die Harder), and released in Stallone’s pomp, Cliffhanger told the story of Gabe Walker, a mountain ranger haunted by a failed rescue attempt during a memorably tense opening sequence, who returns to the peaks in order to assist plane crash survivors, only to discover that he is being used by a team of bad guys who are attempting to steal from the scattered wreckage. It grossed $255 million at the global box-office.
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