Stephen Sommers Swinging Forward With TARZAN

Well that's truly a shame...When I heard that Guillermo was going to do this or was in talks to do it, I thought right on because his sense ability and style would go perfect with Tarzan but now with Sommers taking over, I just don't know now but feel it has taken a turn for the worse...Will see, so here's hoping for the best...

"The two do not plan to work from the original 1914 Burroughs tome or any previous film."

Then what's the point of even calling it TARZAN? Just so you can use the name? This sounds like a worse idea than that Smallville-ized version of Tarzan they made a few years back!

Oh brother.

They're letting Sommers make this?

What's this gonna be, a campy reboot of Tarzan? What's his source material, if not the book? The refrain from Aguilera's song "Candyman?

Sommers' vision is often bigger than his ability to deliver said vision.

Tarazn and the Lost City or some shit like that with Casper "Starship Troopers" VanDien. That movie sucked. Now Graystoke: The legend of Tarzan with Christopher Lambert was good. I would love to see a new kick ass version of Tarzan without Phil Collins shitty ass songs ruining it.

I would love to see a great Tarzan movie, but like NotAFan if he is not going to even base it on the novel who knows what he'll come up with. I suspect it will be along the high adventure and humorous takes he had for the Mummy and Van Helsing which isn't what I would want.

Then again it could be that kind of touch that might make the Lord of the Apes a hit again with the public. I hope he plans on staying true to the spirit of the novels at least. Tarzan the noble savage was supposed to be the perfected man in Burrough's vision. Raised in a primal state then educated in civilized human society, Lord Greystoke was supposed to be a charismatic and powerful presence who would become the master of whatever circumstances he was put in either in the darkest jungle surrounded by beasts or dining with royalty at a palace.

I’m really looking forward to GI Joe in the theater. That’s right up Sommers' alley. Adapting a literary classic like Tarzan? Hello network television premiere.

Sommers is all over the map...he has also been linked to a new Flash Gordon movie, Terry Brooks Magic Kingdom for sale adaption and now this. I don't know if he would be the right guy to tell a tarzan movie...he has too much cheese in his movies.

Is he really linked to Flash, Hobbs?!? Another damn shame. We already got our cheesy version of that character back in the 80’s and I dare say there ain't any way to top that. I'm hoping for a more serious sci-fi (certainly not Sci-Fi's) take on this. Sommers' involvement will only disappoint.

I wouldn't mind it.

He doesn't try to do one thing and then end up with something else. The Mummy was fun as well as it's sequel. Would I have enjoyed a scarrier R rated mummy with real acting and gore? Sure. It's not like I walked in there thinking that I would be watching Academy material here. I think he'd do a fine job making this fun. He does certainly know how to immerse the story in the different locations of his films. He'd probably make this really good with the jungle scenes and such. Which is why I'm looking forward to Gi-Joe. Cobra's lair and the many different set locations will probably be a lot of fun.

I don't see Sommers as a Sci-Fi creator, but I'd give him a chance.

I agree with capt above.
I wouldn't mind seeing it as a fun/action flick the way Sommers seems to be good at doing as opposed to a somber/serious look at Tarzan. We got that already with Greystoke.
I think some of you guys need to lighten up, wanting everything so serious and gritty all the time.