Death Wish 12: First Blood Part 19 - Stallone to Take On Bronson

Sylvester Stallone has decided to completely forgo anything original for the rest of his career, it would seem, as now he’s gearing up to remake the Charles Bronson classic franchise Death Wish. Variety says the screenwriters are going to be the same guys who wrote Terminator 3, the entirely forgettable entry into that series. MGM is very much in the recycling business these days. It’s bread and butter is the never-ending James Bond franchise, but it’s hoping to mine other ideas.

“Death Wish” fits squarely into MGM’s long-term strategy of assembling tentpoles based on a 4,100-title library that encompasses post-1985 MGM fare plus UA, Orion, Polygram, Samuel Goldwyn and Cannon titles.

“We are looking at our library to determine which potential franchise properties make the most sense for us to produce, and ‘Death Wish’ was clearly one of that jumped out,” said MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands. “We hope to get a deal done with Sylvester Stallone to direct and star, and like the ‘Rocky’ and ‘Rambo’ films, we see this as another potential franchise for him.”