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A More Pirates-Like Tarzan?

December 4, 2008

Entertainment Weekly reports that director Stephen Sommers and screenwriter Stuart Beattie are setting Warner Bros. Pictures' new Tarzan movie in the 1930s and ditching the boy-raised-by-apes origin story.

"The action-adventure icon will trash his loincloth and throw on a pair of khakis for the next big screen take on Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic character," says the magazine. "Think 'Pirates of the Caribbean' with buffed-and-tanned actors flying through the jungle and sprinting up trees, parkour-style."

Beattie of course co-wrote the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film and Sommers has had his share of big budget blockbusters like The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. The duo is also working together on bringing G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra to the big screen next summer.

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COMMENTS (96)

Posted by:

batman44

December 3, 2008

That doesn't sound much like Tarzan imo.

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Bruce Leroy

December 3, 2008

WWWHHHHAAAAA????

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yucafer

December 3, 2008

sounds interesting

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Cybertron

December 3, 2008

One word...STUPID!!!!!

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NWWH

December 3, 2008

sounds ridiculous.

Posted by:

Becca

December 3, 2008

... what?

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clarkpaco

December 3, 2008

Maybe they will get Phil Collins to do the score... and have some tree surfing! Yeaah

Posted by:

Train

December 3, 2008

If he isn't raised by apes, he isn't Tarzan. Change the title.

Posted by:

Puck

December 3, 2008

What Train said.

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December 3, 2008

While that does sound nifty, The whole raised by apes thing is an important part of the Tarzan mythos, getting rid of that would be like having Bruce Wayne's parents still alive.