Under Siege Reboot Planned at HBO Max, Will Steven Seagal Return as Cook Casey Ryback?

An

Under
Siege
reboot
is
in
development.
While
there’s
no
word
at
this
time
of
original
star
Steven
Segal
returning,
either
in
front
or
behind
the
camera,
Deadline
reports
that
movement
has
begun
on
a
reboot
of
the
1992
action
movie.
The
project
is
in
the
works
at
Warner
Bros.
with
Timo
Tjahjanto
on
board
to
direct
and
Umair
Aleem
penning
the
script.
The
plan
is
for
the
movie
to
head
straight
to
streaming
on
HBO
Max.

Tjahjanto
is
currently
working
on

Last
Train
to
New
York,
an
American
remake
of
the
Korean
zombie
flick

Train
to
Busan.
The
filmmaker’s
previous
work
includes
directing
the
segment “Safe
Haven”
in
the
found
footage
horror
sequel

V/H/S/2,
as
well
as
the
movies

Killers,

Headshot,
and

Portals.
He
also
helmed
other
genre
titles
like

The
Night
Comes
for
Us
and

May
the
Devil
Take
You,
each
of
which
is
streaming
on
Netflix.
Screenwriter
Umair
Aleem,
meanwhile,
is
best
known
for
writing
the
new
Netflix
favorite

Kate
starring
Mary
Elizabeth
Winstead.

The
original



Under
Siege
was
released
in
1992,
directed
by
Andrew
Davis
and
written
by
J.
F.
Lawton.
It
stars
Steven
Seagal
as
Casey
Ryback,
a
former
Navy
SEAL
who
springs
into
action
to
stop
a
group
of
mercenaries
(led
by
Tommy
Lee
Jones’
William
Strannix)
who
seize
control
of
the
battleship
USS

Missouri.
Gary
Busey,
Erika
Eleniak,
and
Colm
Meaney
also
star.
The
movie
was
a
tremendous
hit
at
the
box
office
and
was
even
up
for
multiple
Oscars,
having
since
become
known
as
one
of
Seagal’s
very
best
movies.

In
1995,
Seagal
returned
as
Casey
Ryback
in
the
sequel

Under
Siege
2:
Dark
Territory,
this
time
moving
the
action
from
a
battleship
to
a
moving
train
traveling
through
the
Rocky
Mountains.
Geoff
Murphy
directed
the
sequel
which
was
written
by
Richard
Hatem
and
Matt
Reeves
(yes,

the
Matt
Reeves
who’s
reinventing
Batman
with
Robert
Pattinson
in

The
Batman).
The
movie
also
starred
Katherine
Heigl,
Morris
Chestnut,
Peter
Greene,
Nick
Mancuso,
and
Kurtwood
Smith.
It
did
not
reach
the
same
levels
of
success
as
the
original.

Steven
Seagal
had
announced
his
plans
to
make

Under
Siege
3
in
2016.
The
actor
wrote
in
a
tweet
at
the
time
that
Woodie
Mister
was
writing
the
script
for
the
project,
declaring
that “It’s
time.”
For
whatever
reason,
this
sequel
seems
to
have
since
died
out
in
development
hell
with
no
significant
updates
on
its
progress
since.
Maybe
a
third
adventure
for
Casey
Ryback
just
wasn’t
meant
to
be,
especially
with
news
of
a
reboot
coming
to
light.
If
it
turns
out
to
be
a
legacy
sequel
as
opposed
to
a
full-on
reboot,
then
perhaps
Ryback
could
still
show
up
after
all.

No
release
date
has
been
set
for
this
new

Under
Siege
reboot,
but
it’s
reportedly
been
pitched
as
an

HBO
Max
exclusive.
With
more
and
more
exclusive
movies
being
set
up
at
the
various
streaming
services,
many
of
them
new
takes
or
sequels
to
classic
established
titles,
we’re
bound
to
see
more
projects
like
this
popping
up
in
the
future
as
well.
This
news
comes
to
us
from

Deadline.