Tarzan is going to fly through the forest again. on Friday, The Hollywood Reporter open That Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to Tarzan from Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. , which is the property of the franchisee creator. According to the report, Sony hopes to create a new movie that will be a “complete reinvention” of the character for the 21st century. At this time, there are no filmmakers, producers, or authors associated with the project, so it is unclear what form it will take. As the article points out, Tarzan is one of the rare characters to exist in both the public and private domains – although Burroughs’ property owns the character’s trademark, the early stories he’s involved in are technically in the public domain.
Tarzan, created by Burroughs in 1912, is an orphan boy raised by monkeys in the woods, who later develops culture shock when he meets and falls in love with an English woman named Jane. The characters have appeared in countless movies, series, radio shows, comics, and TV shows. Easily one of the most beloved adaptations, this 1999 Disney animated film has become a cult classic thanks to its star-studded voice cast and original Phil Collins songs on the soundtrack.
The latest Tarzan modification was brought by Warner Bros. In 2016 with The legend of TarzanIt is a live-action drama starring Alexander Skarsgard as Tarzan and Margot Robbie as Jane.
“I thought it was a great script, it’s a great scene for a classic and iconic story,” Skargard Tell den geek in 2016. “It’s almost the opposite of the novel, or most of the old movies. You see the origin story in flashbacks, you can see how he ended up in the woods, what happened to his parents, he grew up with the apes. But the main story is this Victorian man who is forced back to the place where he was He was born and raised in it; a place he loves, but he also dreads going back. He made some enemies there, and he too is afraid of himself, and what he is capable of there. And slowly, he returns to a more sober state. From the character’s perspective, it was interesting to play, And working on that, that duality, that dichotomy that I think is a metaphor for being human. Being civilized but at the same time being an animal, and the friction that happens. Exploring that with David, as well as with Wayne McGregor and physicality, is letting the animal out somehow.”
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