The Rocketeer 2

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/24740/disney-to-reboot-rocketeer-franchise

Yup, the old Disney film from Joe Johnston about a 1930's pilot who finds an experimental jet pack is set to be remade as Disney looks for its next big franchise

[CMcK]

Oh no doubt it'll be a dark reboot and feature loads of handsome buff men and skinny women.

I actually like the original for its light hearted tone and Jennifer Connelly when she was still hot.

[EvilBoris]

An Ordinary Teenage Boy"
*boy walking down a road with rucksack on*

" at an ordinary school"
*Boy getting confronted by a jock*

with an ordinary family
*family eating around dinner table*

"Just wanting to live.................. an ordinary life."
*What looks like a Meteor falls to earth*

*Dramatic Music Dun dudundun dun*

*boy runs over to crater*
*Turns over dead alien*
*Puts on Alien Helmet and Back Pack*

DISNEY'S THE ROCKETEER

"Wooooooo"
[B]*Boy Rocketeering across the clouds*

[rmoxon]

The Rocketeer is mostly notable because it is proof that Jennifer Conelley had an amazing rack back then (which is somthing anyone who saw her for the first time nowadays would find hard to belive)

Its a pretty charming film throughout but never really goes beyond being mildly entertaining. The effects are a bit dated not too. A remake could actually improve the film providing they keep the same tone as I think it's essential to what the Rocketeer is.

Also get Scarlett Johanson for the female lead, she can pull off the look of the era and she's also the only actress who could match up to Conelley in that cleavage bearing dress she wore in the original.

[dataDave]

An Ordinary Teenage Boy"
*boy walking down a road with rucksack on*

" at an ordinary school"
*Boy getting confronted by a jock*

with an ordinary family
*family eating around dinner table*

"Just wanting to live.................. an ordinary life."
*What looks like a Meteor falls to earth*

*Dramatic Music Dun dudundun dun*

*boy runs over to crater*
*Turns over dead alien*
*Puts on Alien Helmet and Back Pack*

DISNEY'S THE ROCKETEER

"Wooooooo"
[B]*Boy Rocketeering across the clouds*

You forgot "THIS YEAR..." somewhere.

[Neon Ignition]

Given the tone Joe Johnston nailed again in Captain America, it would be criminal not to get him to return and make this version.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-rocketeer-sequel-back-on-track/

Rocketeer 2 is now said to be back on track but is now said to be aiming to be a Disney+ movie rather than a theatrical one

[Asura]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-roc...back-on-track/
Rocketeer 2 is now said to be back on track but is now said to be aiming to be a Disney+ movie rather than a theatrical one

Boooooooo

That being said, I'm not a fan of this trend of "25 years later sequels". Have any of them turned out particularly good? I wasn't even that big a fan of Blade Runner even though I thought it was visually gorgeous.

[Neon Ignition]

Eugene Ashe To Write New "Rocketeer" - Dark Horizons
A new writer is set on the film but it's no closer to being filmed

[Asura]

Besides, there already is a sequel to The Rocketeer: