A Rocketeer sequel/ reboot is on the way from Disney – will be titled The Rocketeers.
More on The Rocketeer sequel news below.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, who normally get it right being a trade paper and all, are reporting that The Rocketeer is getting a sequel! Or maybe a reboot – we can’t actually tell.
The trade says: “The new take keeps the story in a period setting and offers a fresh view on the characters. Set six years after the original Rocketeer and after Secord has vanished while fighting the Nazis, an unlikely new hero emerges: a young African–American female pilot, who takes up the mantle of Rocketeer in an attempt to stop an ambitious and corrupt rocket scientist from stealing jetpack technology in what could prove to be a turning point in the Cold War.”
The original movie, released all of the way back in 1991, starred Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly and Timothy Dalton and revolved around the discovery of a top secret jetpack by the film’s main protagonist, test pilot Cliff Secord.
With the help of his actress girlfriend, the young pilot battles enormous odds to defeat his foes who are anxious to use the device in an evil plan to rule the world! The movie was based on a comic character created by Dave Stevens, which made its debut back in 1982.
No news on exactly when production will start, but according to the trade The Jungle Book producer Brigham Taylor is producing for Disney, along with Blake Griffin of the L.A. Clippers and Ryan Kalil of the Carolina Panthers. Max Winkler (son of Happy Days star Henry)and Matt Spicer are writing the script for the film, which is being referred to as The Rocketeers.
How exciting is this? More as it comes in. Click through to The Hollywood Reporter for more.
