Suggesting one of the heftiest flops in history is worthy of a remake doesn’t go down as badly as it should

On paper, an epic historical action movie hailing from the director of Die Hard and Predator that was based on a novel by the author of Jurassic Park and headlined by the star of smash hit swashbuckler The Mask of Zorro had boundless blockbuster potential. Instead, The 13th Warrior went down as one of the most infamous box office bombs of all-time.

The production was a tortured one, with shooting kicking off in the summer of 1997, and two years passing before the literary adaptation finally limped into theaters. Along the way, John McTiernan was replaced behind the camera by Michael Crichton for extensive reshoots and re-edits after test audiences found themselves distinctly unimpressed by the first cut, with The 13th Warrior being hacked to pieces in the editing suite.

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