Nicolas Roeg's masterpiece, Don't Look Now, is getting a remake from the team also behind the new take on Escape From New York.
NewsOh crikey, where do you start here? Nicolas Roeg's 1973 horror classic, Don't Look Now, is the latest to get the Hollywood remake treatment. Let's just go with that we don't think this news is going to go down very well.
The original film starred Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, as a couple mourning the death of their daughter. Enter a pair of nuns, one of whom brings them a message - and not a pleasant one - from the afterlife. From such foundations, a masterpiece was constructed, one that very much still holds water today. So, er, it's being remade.
The new film is coming from producers Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman of The Picture Company, and they've been behind the new take on Escape From New York that's in the early stages of development too.
StudioCanal is set to distribute the film. As of yet, no writers or director is attached to the project. We'll keep you posted, just a little more reluctantly than usual, if that's okay.
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