Just when you thought it
couldn't get any worse, Hollywood has decided that Alfred Hitchcock's classic,
Rebecca, is in dire need of a remake.
Currently, the new
adaptation of Daphne DuMaurier's popular 1938 novel has been set up at
DreamWorks by Working Title Films, with Steven Knight (Shutter Island) writing
the script, and Tim Beven and Eric Fellner (both from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,
Spy) set to produce.
The original film starred
Joan Fontaine as the naïve second wife of the urbane Maxim de Winter (Laurence
Olivier), who incurs the wrath of his manipulative housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers
(Judith Anderson), while unraveling the truth behind the mysterious death of
the first Mrs. de Winter.
Not only was Rebecca one of
Hitchcock's best films, it was his only one to win the Academy Award for Best
Picture. So how DreamWorks and Working Title hope to improve upon that remains
as much of a mysterious as the the death of Maxim de Winter's wife.
Of course, some of Classic
Hollywood's most cherished movies were in fact actually remakes, so such
attempts can and do work out. But it's rather hard to improve upon something
that was close to perfection in the first place.
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