Logan’s Run won’t be Gosling’s first collaboration with the director; this September, their action-thriller Drive will hit screens, and will hopefully serve as a great sign of things to come. When the pair begins production on Logan’s Run, it’ll mark the end of a long journey for the remake. At one point, Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men, X2) was in tow to direct, but he eventually fell back. Honestly, as much as we like Singer’s work, we’re happy he did—it’s about time Nicolas Winding Refn broke through into Hollywood’s mainstream. And, about Gosling: How Jeff Bridges scored a Best Oscar nomination for True Grit over Gosling's shattering performance in Blue Valentine is beyond us. But, let's not digress.
For those who stand outside Comic-Con and make fun of the people entering, Logan’s Run centers on Logan 5 (previously played by Michael York; this time, Gosling), a bounty hunter of sorts who’s tasked with finding people who flee from mandatory death-at-30 and then killing them. Logan 5 still ages himself, though; when he approaches 30 himself, he becomes the one on the run.