Certain movies would just be sacrilegious to remake, and Big Trouble in Little China is one of them. The John Carpenter was far from a success when it was first released, but it has since gone on to become a cult classic. Big Trouble in Little China has influenced countless directors, including James Wan, who told Entertainment Weekly that he fantasizes about making a remake of the movie with frequent collaborator Patrick Wilson.
“One of the big reasons I love working with Patrick on my films is, he’s such a film buff,” James Wan said. “He’s truly, truly a film geek, and when we’re working together, a lot of times we’re not focused on the film we’re shooting — we’re talking about other movies. We all love to geek out about John Carpenter, about Big Trouble in Little China. You know, that’s a big film for Patrick and myself, and we always fantasize about doing a remake of [it].” Before you start grabbing your torches and pitchforks, you should know that James Wan was quick to say, “But that’s never going to happen. I mean, it’s a sacrilege movie!“
Although James Wan may not be touching Big Trouble in Little China anytime soon, Dwayne Johnson has been attached to a new version of the movie for almost eight years. Initially billed as a remake, it was later revealed that it would be a sequel to the original movie. Dwayne Johnson’s producing partner Hiram Garcia told Collider in 2021 that they’re still trying to make it work. “Big Trouble in Little China is still an ambition of ours, but unfortunately, there are complications that come with a legacy property like that, which has so much attached to it over the years.” Garcia said. “We have a really fun idea of what we’d want to do with it, especially since our goal was never to remake Big Trouble but simply continue it. Similar to what we did with Jumanji, we would continue the story and make sure the original stands on its own since it means so much to us and fans all around the world. So needless to say we are still working on making that happen but as with any great project the road is not easy, but we are sticking to it! We’re going to figure out a way to continue the story of Big Trouble in Little China.” Should Big Trouble in Little China be remade? If so, would you like to see James Wan tackle it?
