25 Huge Movies Disney Just Cancelled

16. Commando

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20th Century Fox

The status of some of the movies supposedly on Fox's "active" slate is probably up for debate, but the studio has apparently been juggling a Commando reboot since way back in 2010 at least when David Ayer was hired to make a “less brawny" reimagining. He subsequently dropped out four years later without a pick of activity achieved.

The idea of anyone trying to remake an Arnie classic from that period sounds like foolishness, to be honest, because Commando is so tightly wound into that period of action movies that trying it now would be like trying to run a black and white minstrel show. Well, not as extreme but you get the point.

The only way it could ever have worked is if it was done as a tongue-in-cheek pastiche with John Cena.

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