In the midst of a recent explosion of rebooting popular franchises it has emerged that Death Wish could also be on the reincarnated horizon. Rumours are abound with stirrings that the franchise will indeed make a comeback nearly four decades after the 1974 original, directed by Michael Winner, yes that Michael Winner! Word is that Joe Carnahan has been hire to write and direct the project, in the first outing Charles Bronson played the role of Paul Kersey, who turns vigilante with revenge on his mind after his wife and daughter suffer a brutal attack. The film at the time was violent and quite a brutal action packed set of movies, which as a result definitely set the tone for future action movies. Death Wish spurned a total of four more sequels over the course of 20 years, culminating in Death Wish V which was released in 1994. Reports also suggest that in 2007, riding high after resurrecting the Rocky franchise, Sylvester Stallone was interested in working on the Death wish project but initial interest was never really followed up. MGM Studios and Paramount have the rights and want Carnahan to lead the project, no word yet on a time frame as the director is currently busy working on other projects.
