Harrison Ford may be equally
famous as either smuggler-rebel Han Solo or as adventurer archeologist Dr.
Henry “Indiana” Jones, but he has plenty more memorable roles under his belt
than that. In 1993 he starred in “The Fugitive,” a feature-length remake of a
1960s TV series about a man on the run from the law, searching for the man who
murdered his wife and framed him for the deed. In one movie the four-year TV
show was condensed into an intense action thriller headlined by Ford and Tommy
Lee Jones. Now, that film is next on the remake production block.
Comic Book Resources tells us that Warner Bros. Pictures, which
released the first film version of “The Fugitive” with Harrison Ford and Tommy
Lee Jones, is beginning plans for a reboot. In fact, they have already found a
director for the project in Albert Hughes, whose directorial portfolio includes
post-apocalyptic film “The Book of Eli” (2010, with his brother Allen) and the
prehistoric adventure “Alpha” (2018). It will be a high-profile project for
Hughes to take on, considering the 1993 original directed by Andrew Davis got
multiple Academy Award nominations in 1994 including Best Picture, and earned a
win for Jones as Best Supporting Actor.
No information on casting or
premiere date for the new “Fugitive” movie has been announced. But this is not
the only production looking to revisit the pioneering TV show of old. Streaming
platform Quibi is doing their own series remake of “The Fugitive” with Kiefer
Sutherland and Boyd Holbook. While the Warner Bros. remake will take off from plot
of the 1993 version (itself taken from the first series), the Quibi remake
reimagines the plot where the accused protagonist is blamed for a more violent
terrorist attack that claims multiple lives, rather than just murder.
It can be expected that the “Fugitive”
film remake will again focus on Dr. Richard Kimble (played by Harrison Ford),
who is accused of murdering his wife and escapes, pursued by US Marshall Sam
Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones in 1993) while he searches for the true killer, a
one-armed man.
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