Who remembers the 1980s movie The Last Starfighter? Well, a remake of the film, courtesy of Gary Whitta, one of the screenwriters on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is planning a redo of the classic, and is teaming with the writer of the original, Jonathan Betuel, to bring it to the screen. More on The Last Starfighter remake below.
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Late yesterday, Whitta teased the following concept art on his Twitter page, sending the internet into a bit of a flurry.
Okay, probably shouldn’t show you this so early but here’s a little something I’ve been tinkering on with my co-writer Jonathan Betuel. You might recognize the ships. Thanks to the amazing Matt Allsopp (lead concept artist on ROGUE ONE) for creating these images for us. pic.twitter.com/CIobLYYRHk
— Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) April 4, 2018
Luckily, the folks over at io9 managed to follow it up with some words from the man himself, who confirmed his involvement with a The Last Starfighter remake, and his working alongside Betuel on the project.
“After I was done pestering him with all my fanboy questions about the original film we started to talk about what a new version might look like,” Whitta told the site. “Since then we’ve spent so many hours working on it I’ve long since lost count, but right now we have a fully developed story that is a combination of reboot and sequel that we both think honors the legacy of the original film while passing the torch to a new generation.”
“We’re both very excited about it creatively…,” he added. “It’s a passion project for Jon and me both. And I know we have a great movie here. But we still need to deal with some remaining biz stuff before we can really move forward. We’ve had a lot of talks with Universal. We’re determined, one way or another, to make this happen.”
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The Last Starfighter revolved around video game expert Alex Rogan, who finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He is then recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
More on The Last Starfighter remake as we get it. For now, here’s the trailer for the original 1984 classic.
