Big Trouble in Little China
Summary
As the original remains one of his most dear movies in his filmography , Kurt Russell address the luck of aBig Trouble in Little China 2 . Russell star in the 1986 natural action - funniness as Jack Burton , a hand truck driver who finds himself wrapped up in a fantastical battle to protect the world from ancient sorcerer David Lo Pan as he look to release himself from an ancient curse keeping him trapped in San Francisco ’s Chinatown . direct by John Carpenter , the movie was memorably a commercial failure in spite of its impregnable reviews , resulting in the filmmaker leaving mainstream Hollywood while the picture show itself became a cult classic .
During a recent interview withComicBook.comfor his persona inthe Monsterverse showMonarch : Legacy of Monsters , Russell was asked about the opening of returning for aBig Trouble in Little China 2 . The histrion confirmed he is open to the idea of reprising Jack in a sequel , though express his two big conditions for returning would be for the tale to be " secure than the first one " and to convince Carpenter to return to direct it . See what Russell say below :
You never say never . I intend , if somebody were to write a great script , that was estimable than the first one , [ and ] it had something new to say , I do n’t know , we can slap John Carpenter around a trivial bit and say , " follow on , John ! rent ’s go do this . "
Will Big Trouble In Little China 2 Ever Happen?
Talks of a potentialBig Trouble in picayune Chinafollow - up have swirled for nearly the retiring decade when Dwayne Johnson was announced to be acquire a remake of the fad classic in 2015 , be after to star as Jack Burton and farm the project . Development has seemingly pass dormant in the year since , with Seven Bucks Productions President Hiram Garcia clarify in 2018 that it would be a subsequence , not a remake . His most late update came in 2021 , though proved far more cautious as he indicated " complications " preventing him and Johnson from move forward with it :
So , needless to say , we are still operate on piddle that happen , but as with any neat task the road is not easy , but we are sticking to it ! We ’re go to figure out a room to uphold the account ofBig Trouble in Little China .
out of doors of Johnson and Garcia , other filmmakers have shared their interest in bringing their own visions to the place . James Wan in particular tease his desire to remakeBig problem in Little Chinain other 2023 , wanting to partner with frequent collaborator Patrick Wilson to have him asterisk in the picture show thanks to their shared lovemaking of Carpenter . TheConjuringandAquamandirector did , however , note that their remake estimation are more of a fancy than an actual energy to acquire the rights .
rootage : ComicBook.com
