Harrison Fordis the 1997 film Air Force One was one of those many fun action movies that came out in the 90s. The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersonfrom a script by Andrew Marlowe, and during a recent interview with SyFy, Marlow talked about a possible sequel or reboot saying it’s something he’s been approached about.
Ford plays President James Marshall in the film, who finds himself involved in a high-stakes battle against a group of terrorists led by Ivan Korshunov, played by Gary Oldmann. The story takes place aboard the iconic presidential plane, Air Force One, when it is hijacked by terrorists while en route to a diplomatic summit in Moscow. President Marshall must use his wits and wickedness to thwart the terrorists and save not only his own life but also that of his family and the passengers on board.
Marlowe talked about a possible sequel, saying, “Harrison as president goes somewhere, he’s on an Air Force aircraft carrier, he gets attacked, he’s in the middle of an unstable geopolitical situation. And so, there are things that he can and can’t do, because you don’t want to inflame it. He has to walk it and he’s the person in the center. There’s a lot of variations on that and with the tuning fork, we haven’t gotten to the point where we’re all like, ‘Ah, that’s perfect! Not we’re going to repeat the first movie. We’re building on that.”
As for a reboot, he said, “People have talked about it, people are still talking about it. I think we’re in a period where, if you’ve had something that’s been wildly successful, people want to see if they can extract that ‘IP. But again, I think our goal is, “Are we saying something new? Are we saying something relevant to current culture?” We don’t want to do something that’s just exploitative storytelling, we want to do something that feels like it has a purpose in the world.”
He continued: “And when we were doing it, the presidency and that position were not as politically charged as they are today. And so, I think there are specific challenges to doing that in the contemporary climate that we should understand. But believe me, people continue to talk about it.”
There really doesn’t need to be a Air Force One sequel or reboot. It was one of those films that fit perfectly into the 90s. But if they made one, it would be interesting to see what they would do with it. What kind of story would you like to see with this franchise?
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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