Van-Damme Will NOT Be Involved In ‘Bloodsport’ Remake

Well this is bound to upset Van Damme fans everywhere (sorry Jonathan).

Robert Mark Kamen wrote the screenplay for the now-in-theatres Taken 2 (listen to what Jonathan thought of it here). Kamen is of course doing his publicity rounds, and while talking to CraveOnline, the topic of Bloodsport came up (Kamen is set to pen the remake). Here’s what Kamen had to say on the thought of Van Damme appearing in the film:

With the new Bloodsport, Van Damme said he wanted to play the coach and the producers weren’t interested. What do you think? Wouldn’t it be awesome to have Van Damme in the new Bloodsport?

This film resembles the original in title only. It has nothing to do with any Kumite contest. It has nothing to do with Frank Dux. If the title was not the same, you would not associate the two films. To use JCVD would make no sense because the association would be lost as the story has nothing to do with the first one. If anything it would be a distraction.

So it’s a Bloodsport remake that has nothing to do with Bloodsport. Excited?

Source: CraveOnline