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Cliffhanger gets a reboot with Lily James, but it won’t feature Sylvester Stallone

A woman hangs off a cliff as she climbs.
Tom Craig / Cliffhanger production

Sylvester Stallone will not be rock climbing again in the Cliffhanger reboot. Instead, Lily James and Pierce Brosnan will headline the reimagining of Cliffhanger, with Carry-On’s Jaume Collet-Serra directing.

In May 2023, Stallone signed on for a Cliffhanger sequel with Ric Roman Waugh directing from a script by Mark Bianculli. Per Variety, Stallone and Waugh are out of the reboot after a creative overhaul. Ana Lily Amirpour, best known for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, penned the new script for the reboot.

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Cliffhanger’s ensemble includes Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba, and Bruno Gouery. Filming has begun in Austria.

The Cliffhanger reboot will be a father-daughter story. Per the official synopsis, “Brosnan will play seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper, who operates a luxury chalet in the Dolomites with daughter Sydney. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers. Ray’s daughter, Naomi (James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes. To save her family, she must confront her fears and fight for survival.”

Lily James stands at the base of a cliff with people standing near her.
Tom Craig / Cliffhanger production

In 1993’s Cliffhanger, Stallone starred as a climber forced to battle a group of criminals searching for $100 million they lost after a botched heist. Directed by Renny Harlin, Cliffhanger’s cast included John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner, Leon Robinson, Paul Winfield, and Ralph Waite. The film grossed $255 million worldwide against a $70 million budget.

Cliffhanger is a Rocket Science project in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix. The reboot will seek a theatrical release.

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