Singer seeks sanctuary with LOGAN'S RUN remake

X-MEN director to return to story's roots with novel

By Patrick Sauriol     March 05, 2004
Source: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter

X-MEN director Bryan Singer has agreed to helm a remake of LOGAN'S RUN, with MATRIX producer Joel Silver collaborating with Singer. Singer is going back to the original source material, that being the novel by William Nolan, for a new take on the concept of a future uptopia society where no one ever grows old because they are killed. In the 1976 movie which starred Michael York as Logan-5 and Jenny Agutter as Jessica-6, the citizens in Logan's domed city sought a chance at renewal through a gruesome event called Carousel. In Nolan's book the citizens of the city don't make it past the age of 21. Singer wants to lower the age of principal characters to reflect the 21-years-old termination date.

Scribes Ethan Gross and Paul Todisco are writing the screenplay with Singer. Warner Bros. wants to release the film in 2005. X2 production designer Guy Dyas has already commenced designing the world of Logan.

Nolan continued the story of Logan and Jessica in two sequel novels, LOGAN'S WORLD and LOGAN'S SEARCH.



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