The Rock's Big Trouble in Little China Is a Sequel Not a Remake?

Apparently, The Rock’sBig Trouble in Little China Remakeisn’t actually a remake. When news broke in 2015 thatDwayne Johnsonwas working on a modern take on John Carpenter’s classic, which stars Kurt Russell as the iconic Jack Burton, it was being called a remake. Updates on the project have been pretty minimal in the years since, but now Johnson’s producing partner Hiram Garcia has explained the project, making it clear that this won’t be a remake.

Hiram Garcia is one of the core members of Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions company. During a recent interview, Garcia was asked about the status ofBig Trouble in Little Chinaand what we might be able to expect from that. Garcia promises that Johnson won’t be playingJack Burtonand that this will be a continuation of the original. Here’s what he had to say about it.

“There’s a lot of things going on with [Big Trouble in Little China]. We are in the process of developing that, and let me tell you, the idea is not to actually remake Big Trouble in Little China. you’re able to’t remake a classic like that, so what we’re planning to do is we’re going to continue the story. We’re going to continue the universe of Big Trouble in Little China. Everything that happened in the original exists and is standalone and I think there’s only one person that could ever play Jack Burton, so Dwayne would never try and play that character. So we are just having a lot of fun. We’re actually in a really great space with the story that we’ve cracked. But yeah, no remake. It is a continuation, and we are deep into development on that as well, and I think you’ll start hearing some things about that probably soon.”

John Carpenter’sBig Trouble in Little Chinawasinitially released in 1986and wasn’t a success at the time. However, it did go on to gain cult status and is now one of his most beloved directorial efforts. So on that front, it’s great that this won’t be a remake, but it does raise questions about how they’re going to continue the story.

Kurt Russell has played a lot of pretty iconic rolesover the years, but it’s impossible to picture anyone else as Jack Burton. It’s also nice to hear that That Rock won’t be trying to fill those shoes. Does that mean the door is open for Russell to come back in and reprise his role as Burton in this newBig Trouble in Little Chinamovie? After all, the two have worked together on the past twoFast and Furiousmovies. There is a connection there.

For now, details are still scarce. Though, Hiram Garcia does promise that some details on this will be coming out soon.Dwayne Johnson is an incredibly busy manand is currently filming Disney’sThe Jungle Cruise. After that, he’s got theFast and Furiousspin-offHobbs and Shaw, as well as his original thrillerRed NoticeandJumanji 3. One might have thought with his busy schedule that thisBig Trouble in Little Chinaproject may have fallen by the wayside. Apparently not. We’ll be sure to keep you posted as more details on the project are made available. This news comes to us courtesy ofCollider.