Cliffhanger Sequel In the Works With Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone’s 1993 action thriller Cliffhanger is getting a sequel, with Stallone returning to star. Deadline reports that Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen) is set to direct the follow-up from a script by Mark Bianculli (Hunters).

Stallone will reprise his role of Gabriel “Gabe” Walker from the original film, which was directed by Renny Harlin. Plot details on the sequel are still under wraps. The original film saw Walker attempt a rescue of a group of stranded hikers, only to discover that they were a group of violent criminals trying to recover their $100M from a plane crash. The film grossed $255 million worldwide.

“Growing up with the biggest action films of the 80s and 90s, working on many of them myself, Cliffhanger was by far one of my favorite spectacles,” Waugh said in a statement. “To be at the helm of the next chapter, scaling the Italian Alps with the legend himself, Sylvester Stallone, is a dream come true. It’s going to be a great challenge and blast taking this franchise to new heights, a responsibility I don’t take lightly.”

The film is being produced by Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film alongside with both Rocket Science and Stallone and Braden Aftergood’s Balboa Productions. Casting for other roles is underway.