One of the most iconic John Carpenter films that still hasn’t received any kind of remake or sequel is Big Trouble in Little China. The classic 1980’s film with horror, comedy, and fantasy elements starred Kurt Russell as truck driver Jack Burton. Now it appears that Dwayne Johnson and his producing partner Hiram Garcia are eagerly trying to bring a Big Trouble in Little China sequel to life. While they have discussed the project in the past, many fans thought it was dead in the water by this point. On the contrary, the duo are still working on developing the film.
As stated by Hiram Garcia via Collider:
“It’s 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 from over the years. We have a really fun idea on 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 it’s 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.”
It’s interesting that Dwayne Johnson and Hiram Garcia are trying to create a sequel to Big Trouble in Little China instead of a remake. Of course, some fans might still be disappointed if Kurt Russell isn’t kept as the focus of the new film. Either way, it’ll be interesting to see what direction the new story takes assuming it gets off the ground. As such, fans can stay tuned to ScreenGeek for updates on this Big Trouble in Little China project as we have them.
In the meantime, several other John Carpenter-related projects are on the horizon – including Halloween Kills. Fans can see the highly anticipated horror film sequel Halloween Kills in theaters on October 15, 2021.