Sylvester Stallone Back for ‘Cliffhanger’ Sequel

Producer Neal Moritz has been trying to do one thing with 1993 motion thriller ‘Cliffhanger’ for years now. He introduced method again in 2009 that he was trying to reboot the idea (enthused by the success of J.J. Abrams’ first ‘Star Trek’ film.

It has gone by way of totally different variations since then together with the unique plan to swap Sylvester Stallone’s sole hero for a number of youthful climbers tackling peaks world wide, and a mysterious growth from author Joe Gazzam. Nothing, nevertheless, has come to fruition.

Now, although, it appears to be like prefer it may lastly be on, as Sylvester Stallone is again to star, with ‘Hunters’ Mark Bianculli cracking the script and ‘Angel has Fallen’s Ric Roman Waugh within the director’s chair (or climbing harness?)

What was the story of the unique ‘Cliffhanger’?

Renny Harlin’s authentic film proved that the ‘Die Hard’ method needn’t essentially be restricted to claustrophobic indoor settings, plonking mountain-rescue boy Stallone on the facet of a snowy peak. Sly’s Gabe Walker was reluctantly making an attempt to foil John Lithgow’s plan to get well $100m stolen from the US treasury and deposited within the Rockies after a mid-air switch went considerably awry. There have been deaths by gun, gravity, drowning and stalactite. And it wasn’t all snow: there have been caves too.

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Where will we discover Gabe Walker this time?

No one is saying what the precise plot of the brand new film shall be, save for Sly’s return. You simply know, although, that the stakes (and doubtless the mountains) shall be increased, and, we’d guess, there shall be extra on Walker’s workforce.

But can it stay as much as the unique’s iconic scene of Gabe letting somebody slip by way of his fingers. Climbing’s a harmful sport, so that you’ve obtained to determine there’ll be a physique depend.

Waugh stated this about engaged on the brand new film:

“Growing up with the biggest action films of the 80s and 90s, working on many of them myself, ‘Cliffhanger’ was by far one of my favorite spectacles. To be at the helm of the next chapter, scaling the Italian Alps with the legend himself, Sylvester Stallone, is a dream come true. It’s going to be a great challenge and blast taking this franchise to new heights, a responsibility I don’t take lightly.”

Moritz was additionally enthusiastic:

“I’ll never forget the thrill I felt watching Sylvester Stallone in ‘Cliffhanger’. I am incredibly excited to be working with him and Ric Waugh to continue the story of Gabe Walker and introduce this iconic story to a new generation of filmgoers around the world.”

Sly will produce this one and casting is now below method to discover the actors to fill the roles across the main man.

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