Will Stephen Sommers direct ‘Tarzan’?
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 5:57PM | By Franck Tabouring 
Stephen Sommers is in talks to direct a new big-screen version of “Tarzan” for Warner Bros., according to Variety.
Sommers will write the script with Stuart Beattie, whose credits include “Collateral” and Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming “Australia.” Beattie also co-wrote Paramount’s upcoming action flick “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra,” which Sommers also directed.
Apparently, Warner Bros. has been developing a new “Tarzan” flick since 2003. What exactly this new film will focus on is unknown at this point. By the way, Tarzan first appeared in 1912’s “Tarzan of the Apes,” a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Over the past decades, Tarzan made numerous appearances on television and the big screen, which is why I don’t think we necessarily need another one of his adventures. Maybe it’s just me, but I couldn't get all too excited about this announcement.
Sommers also directed “The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns” and “Van Helsing.”
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Hey Frank, it is just your opinion. I admit that Tarzan has shown up in his fair share of movies, but none of them have remained true to the books. I would it love it if Warner would adapt the first two books faithfully. I'm not sure that they could squeeze it into a single movie.