Wild Horde: Is Mel Gibson’s remake still relevant?

The Wild Horde will take us to Texas in 1913. A group of soldiers arrive in the small town of Starbucks and take the railway workers hostage after stealing their salaries.

The gang, led by Pike Bishop, chases the hunters of gems in the company’s reward, fleeing across the Rio Grande.

Finding accomplices in a Mexican village, the fugitives discover that the looted bags are full of scrap metal.

This feature film, directed by Sam Pekinpa, caused a great deal of controversy when it was released in 1969 due to extreme violence.

End of genre

Without compromising, this twilight western marked the end of the genre to be taken over by New Hollywood and the emergence of blockbusters (Jaws, Star Wars).

Considered a Western swan song, the Wild Horde ended the American West legend in cinema.

More than 40 years later, in 2011, Tony Scott plans to do a remake of this masterpiece. Unfortunately, the director committed suicide in 2012. The project was then forgotten. Two years later, Will Smith is asked to take the torch as a producer, but it does not work.

Mel Gibson talks about powder

In September 2018, the twist! The remake talks about him again through Mel Gibson. It has been announced that the project will be led by The Passion of the Christ.

Known for the cruelty and harshness of his film, the artist is an ideal candidate for reviving the Horde’s bloody adventures and especially the famous Last Blood Bath.

“At first I thought it would be a bad idea. Why should I do a remake of ‘Wild Horde’? Who would do it? I thought, I changed my mind and then I thought of a way to approach sitting in a room with a screenwriter. And it was awesome.

So it started out as a bad idea, but it will turn into something special. ”Ando directed in October 2018 in the columns Deadline.

Mel Gibson has not provided additional information about this remake for many months. Which actors will play William Holden, Ernest Borgnain, Edmond O’Brien and others under the hoods of the Wild Horde?

In May 2019, we learned that Michael Fassbender and Peter Dinklage were in talks to join the cast, which was to be produced under the direction of Warner Bros.

This is the latest news from the project, which has not given a sign of life for almost three years. Since You shall not kill, which was released in November 2016, Mel Gibson has not returned from behind the camera and linked movies to acting.

Too old for this nonsense?

The American recently announced that it will take over the reins of Lethal Weapon 5 after the death of director Richard Donner, who led the project. Mad Max’s translator promised the filmmaker that he would make this 5th opus.

Therefore, the Wild Horde remake is currently stored at the bottom of the drawer. Keep in mind that Mel Gibson also wants to shoot a sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” which will be from 2016.