I Guess 1992 Is Long Enough?!? Kevin Costner's 'The Bodyguard' Is Being Remade - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 02-23-2011, 10:12 PM

Warner Bros is rebooting its 1992 hit The Bodyguard, the film that paired Kevin Costner with Whitney Houston and became for its time one of the biggest global hits in studio history with a $411 million worldwide gross.

The film will be scripted by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, whose action comedy script Family Getaway made the 2010 Black List and is a priority project at Warner Bros. Dan Lin will produce through his Lin Pictures banner, and Mark Bauch is co-producer.

Scripted by Lawrence Kasdan and directed by Mick Jackson, the original was a fairly straight ahead tale of a Secret Service agent (Costner in a Steve McQueen homage, down to his hairstyle) drafted to protect a singing diva whose life has been threatened by a stalker, then falling for her in a way he fears is a distraction from his job. The new version is similar, including the love story, but here the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran who gets the job protecting the star as his first gig after leaving the Army. He discovers that the world of Twitter, Google Maps and TMZ has made access to celebrities easier than ever, making the job more difficult than ever. The goal is to take a young female singer with global appeal and give her the platform that The Bodyguard did Houston.

It becomes the second music-driven remake for the studio, which just got a commitment from Clint Eastwood to direct Beyonce. The studio is in the process of landing the male star.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/warn...the-bodyguard/

MrCleveland · 02-24-2011, 06:15 PM

Seriously...Hollywood HAS to stop remaking films, soon..."Gone With the Wind" WILL be remade!

Jessica · 02-24-2011, 06:57 PM

Don't they have any new ideas? The originials are always the best anyways, and 1992 wasn't that long ago.

gidgetgrape · 02-24-2011, 08:28 PM

An important aspect of that film was the taboo of a white man and a black woman being in a romantic relationship. I don't see that as a major issue or a taboo anymore.

Also, the best part about the original film was the soundtrack. Good luck finding someone with Whitney Houston's voice.

PlayOn · 02-25-2011, 01:36 AM

I think this sounds interesting. I haven't seen the '92 version and am sure it was/is fantastic. But what caught my attention was the writers are going to add Twitter and such to the film, making it harder to protect the singer. Sign me up!

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PlayOn ADHD: what I have not who I am Senior Member Join Date: Jun 17, 2006 Location: I'll never tell. :p Posts: 2,745	I think this sounds interesting. I haven't seen the '92 version and am sure it was/is fantastic. But what caught my attention was the writers are going to add Twitter and such to the film, making it harder to protect the singer. Sign me up!
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gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,503	An important aspect of that film was the taboo of a white man and a black woman being in a romantic relationship. I don't see that as a major issue or a taboo anymore. Also, the best part about the original film was the soundtrack. Good luck finding someone with Whitney Houston's voice.