The Rocketeer is flying back into theaters!

It looks like Disney is bringing back their forgotten rocket flying hero, the Rocketeer. Although the movie had not done so well at the time of release, it has since gained a cult following that Disney is taking notice of. There are definite similarities between the Rocketeer and Iron Man but enough differences for Disney to give it another look. In this 1991 movie:

"a racing pilot named Cliff Secord (Billy Campbell) discovers a rocket-pack prototype in his stunt plane, hidden there by the gangsters who stole it from Howard Hughes; Secord tries it out, and, like Tony Stark, quickly discovers that a) flying without a plane is SO cool, and b) you gotta fight the bad guys (including Timothy Dalton, who two years prior had starred as James Bond for the second time) and save the girl (a luminous Jennifer Connelly)."

 At the moment, there are no writers or casting news for the movie but it appears that the movie is getting a good look. We saw that a hero period piece can work with the success of Captain America: The First Avenger, but will movie goers today embrace the Rocketeer with the same open arms?

How do you feel about the Rocketeer coming back to theaters?

Source: Vulture