Warner Bros. Developing Westworld Remake with Koepp

Warner Bros. is developing a remake of the 1973 science fiction film Westworld, with screenwriter David Koepp attached to pen the script, according to industry reports.

Koepp, who adapted Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park novel for the screen in 1993 and wrote its sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park, as well as the recent Jurassic World Rebirth, brings a direct connection to Crichton's work. Crichton wrote and directed the original Westworld, his feature-length directorial debut, which starred Yul Brynner as a relentless robot gunslinger, alongside Richard Benjamin and James Brolin. The story follows guests at Delos, a high-tech theme park offering immersive experiences in themed worlds including the Old West, where lifelike androids cater to visitors' fantasies until a malfunction causes the robots to turn violent.

The film was a commercial success and spawned a 1976 sequel, Futureworld, starring Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner, as well as a short-lived 1980 CBS television series, Beyond Westworld. Warner Bros. previously drew on the concept for HBO's Westworld, a four-season series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy that premiered in 2016. Featuring a cast including Evan...