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Our First Look At ‘The Magnificent Seven’ Remake
Due to CinemaCon, we’re getting the scoop on a lot of upcoming films, both ones due out this year and beyond. One such revelation is a banner for Training Day director Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven, scripted by John Lee Hancock (A Perfect World) and Nic Pizzolatto (“True Detective“), which is due in theaters on September 23rd. A remake of the 1960 John Sturges classic (itself a loose remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai), Fuqua’s film is just as star-studded as its predecessor.
Behold your new Seven…
Since we cannot see it up close, the characters pictured (from left to right) are
- Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo)
- Jack Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio)
- Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt)
- Sam Chisholm (Denzel Washington)
- Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke)
- Billy Rocks (Lee Byung-hun)
- Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier)
Rounding out the rest of the cast are the likes of Haley Bennett, Matt Bomer, Luke Grimes, Billy Slaughter, Sean Bridgers, Cam Gigandet, Vinnie Jones, and Peter Sarsgaard. The latter is our big baddie, Bartholomew Bogue.
“Billy Rocks”. “Bartholomew Bogue”. “Goodnight Robicheaux”. God, I love some of these character names.
These thespians follow in the footsteps of Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson, and many more. The original film eventually spawned three sequels: Return of the Seven (1966), Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969), and The Magnificent Seven Ride (1972). Only Brynner returned for the first sequel and even he was eventually recast, with hero Chris Adams played by George Kennedy in Guns and Lee Van Cleef in Ride.
There was also a rather fun TV series in the late ’90s that ran for two years, starring the likes of Michael Biehn, Ron Perlman, Laurie Holden, and Dale Midkiff, among others. Beyond that, there have been countless rip-offs/homages, from the science fiction exploitation epic Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) to the Italian trash sword-slinger The Seven Magnificent Barbarians (1983).
Will Fuqua’s reboot (which will contain James Horner’s final film score) live up to the fun of some of these classics (be they of the undisputed or cult variety)? I guess we’ll find out this fall!
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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