Cliffhanger 2: Sylvester Stallone on encore with Jean-François Richet
It is the daughter of Gabriel Walker who will have to use her mountaineering skills to rescue her father, taken hostage in the sumptuous landscape of the Dolomites.
At 77 years old, Sylvester Stallone will he put on his harness again to indulge in panting acrobatics in the future Cliffhanger 2 ? It would seem that a more feminist and up-to-date version would be more desirable.
Remember, Cliffhanger: Stalking the Summit (1993) directed by Renny Harlin (58 Minutes to Live, Scared) was headlined Sylvester Stallone and his impeccable musculature in the role of Gabriel Walker (Gabe for short), a mountaineer traumatized by a dizzying and unfortunately fatal accident. In an icy setting, Gabe faced thugs in search of loot.
While a remake project was considered, under the direction of Ric Roman Waughmountainous fiction would seem to be a thorny subject since it would have mutated into sequeland it’s the French director Jean-François Richet (Assault on Central 13, Mesrine The instinct of deatht and Public enemy number 1) which would be considered to stage it.
In this sequel, we would find the character of Gabe in charge of an editing lodge according to the pitch relayed by Screen Daily. A peaceful retreat suddenly interrupted when the mountaineer finds himself and his clients taken hostage by kidnappers. It is none other than his daughter who will fly to her dad’s rescue, using her inherited climbing skills, to restore order in the Italian mountain range.
The project received funding of 2 million euros from the German production fund FFF Bayern. Filming would be scheduled for summer 2024, in Europe, with Mark Bianculli (The Good Neighbor) responsible for writing the script.
