Sep 3, 2008 by Courtney O.

Stephen Sommers Recreates Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

The Jungle Book director Stephen Sommers is teaming with Warner Bros. to recreate a bigscreen version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. Collateral screenwriter Stu Beattie will write the project with Sommers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Jerry Weintraub (Ocean's Eleven) is producing through his Jerry Weintraub Prods.

Guillermo del Toro had been attached to direct a script written by John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) when the project was announced two years ago. But The Mummy director will get his shot now that Del Toro is committed to a four-year stint choreographing dwarves in New Zealand for MGM-Warner Bros.' next two Hobbits.

Beattie and Sommers do not plan to work from the original 1914 Burroughs tome or any previous film. An entirely new approach is in the works, though more details beyond that are being kept under wraps tighter than Tarzan's loincloth.

No production date has been set.


Sources: The Hollywood Reporter

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Comments (10)

  1. ZanyZap

    Let me guess, they want to do it along the lines of "Batman."

    Could be cool, though. Stephen Somers is dec'.

    4 years agoby @zanyzapFlag

  2. PypeBomb

    THIS SOUNDS MORE RETARDED THAN THAT F*CK FROM WONDER YEARS.

    4 years agoby @pypebombFlag

  3. The Dark Knight

    UWW The screen writer from Collateral I'm sold lol

    4 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  4. CelluloidDreams

    Do we all remember that last time this was done W./Casper Van Dien..does anybody really remember "Tarzan and the Lost City" from 1988!

    WOW! What a dud that was!!!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  5. MovieBuff

    Never been a Tarzan fan. He's kind of like.. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective but in the jungle isn't he? He talks to animals, befriends and protects them, and is happy to be among them. Besides... what the hell is there to protect or defend in the jungle? Whatever... who knows? I'll keep an open mind and hope Sommers surprises me.

    4 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag

  6. ed_wood

    Sounds cool enough.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  7. Nyfresh

    okay.... that all i got

    4 years agoby @leo16Flag

  8. ...YeahButTheBookWasBetter

    I wonder If Phil Collins well get to be on this sondtrack too

    4 years agoby @theboywhocriedsequelFlag

  9. The Kwisatz Haderach

    thats cool

    4 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  10. T.Clark

    This is cool. I'm glad del toro's doing the hobbit, and sommers is worthy enough to take on tarzan

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

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