Backdraft
Summary
Glen Powell is set to star in a remaking of Kurt Russell ’s collision movieBackdraft , and the undertaking fix up a perfect reunification for the actor . Powell has rocket to stardom in recent years thanks to the incredible chain of hit withTop Gun : Maverick , Anybody But You , Hit Man , andTwisters . His newfound popularity has meant Hollywood has been eager to put manyGlen Powell movies in evolution , as every studio apartment want to be in business with the rising sensation . The latest labor is aBackdraftremake star Powell , with him working on a new take on the classic .
The 1991 original movie starred Kurt Russell and William Baldwin as brothers who enter on different careers as firefighters following the death of their father . Glen Powell now has his study trim down out for him when it comes to topping the originalBackdraft , which received three Oscar nomination and had a successful $ 152 million box office outpouring . Since the new pic is billed as a remaking , it does not appear that Kurt Russell will return , nor are any other original stars expect to be back . But theBackdraftremake can still pull off a perfect co - star reunion .
The early-’90s catastrophe motion-picture show classic , Backdraft , is father a brand - raw remaking , and Top Gun : Maverick star Glen Powell is already attached .
Glen Powell’s Backdraft Remake Needs To Cast Kurt Russell’s Son, Wyatt Russell
Backdraft Is All About Family
Glen Powell ’s involution in theBackdraftremake implies that Universal hopes to have him headline a new , younger cast of fire fighter . There should be no dearth of options when it comes to retrieve carbon monoxide - mavin for him , and it would be a big missed opportunity if Wyatt Russell , the substantial - spirit Word of Kurt Russell , was not one of them . TheBackdraftmovie might be more of a remake than a legacy continuation , butbringing Wyatt aboard the cast would give the cinema an excellent bequest connection to the original .
The originalBackdraftstory has a heavy familial melodic theme to it , so it would be natural for the remaking to make up that off with project a penis of Kurt Russell ’s family . Wyatt Russell and Glen Powell could even play brothers in the remakeif the pic see to continue the same sib dynamic of the first photographic film . Since Wyatt Russell is three years older than Glen Powell , he could even slide into the older crony role that Kurt Russell ’s Stephen " Bull " McCaffrey occupies .
Wyatt Russell and Kurt Russell are impertinent off star as the same fibre , Lee Shaw , in Monarch : Legacy of Monsters
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Glen Powell & Wyatt Russell Previously Starred In Everybody Wants Some!! Together
They Were College Baseball Teammates
Cast
What would make Wyatt Russell ’s casting in Glen Powell’sBackdraftremake all the more exciting is that they ’ve already been in a picture show together . Wyatt and Glen were both part of the ensemble cast of Richard Linklater ’s 2016 movieEverybody require Some ! ! , which earned capital critical review and remains one ofGlen Powell ’s best performances . The two actors were supporting characters in the film butstill register glance of great chemistry togetherand the eccentric of odd - ball brotherly chemical bond that be with sports teammates sometimes .
Backdraftwould be an opportunity for Glen Powell and Wyatt Russell to have more meter to explore a fun on - screen dynamic . Whether they played brother , friends , or rival , it is easy to imagine how the two thespian would play off each other . After discover them together inEverybody Wants Some!!all those twelvemonth ago , it would be great to see Powell and Russell share the screen again inBackdraft , with each father more screen fourth dimension after their respective breakouts .
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