Wait, was Cliffhanger a franchise and no one told us? Because producer Neal Moritz is in Cannes at the moment, and he's planning a reboot: "Just as they rebooted Star Trek, we're going to reboot Cliffhanger" he announced. So, what: a time warp is going to change Sylvester Stallone's whole destiny?
But no, this reboot of the Renny Harlin film will centre on a group of young climbers, not a huge, muscly man in an Aran jumper. We're also told that, while the original was filmed with Italy standing in for the Colorado Rockies, this one will feature "multiple cliff-face locations". We're not sure if that means there'll be some sort of globe-trotting mountain-climbing challenge, but we kinda hope not.
But there's no screenwriter attached just yet, and Moritz is still looking for a screenwriter prior to a 2010 shoot, so it could turn out to be awesome. After all, no one expected the first one to be as good as it was. One question though: is John Lithgow available to reprise the bad guy role?