Jan 27 2009'Bonnie and Clyde' Now 'Lizzie McGuire and Buddy's Master'
Everyone hates a remake (besides the millions who seem to pay for tickets to see remakes), and there are so many lately that it would be easy for me to just sit here and slowly massage my temples at the idea of director Tonya S. Holly attempting to make a better version of the highly acclaimed 1967 classic Bonnie and Clyde. But hey, Bonnie and Clyde were real people, and there's more than one way to tell their story without it being a "remake" per se, so go for it, Holly. Who am I to judge? Except I do find it a little odd that you've decided to use Hilary Duff and the child owner of Air Bud as the famous criminal couple:
Hilary Duff and Kevin Zegers will star in indie feature "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde," produced by Cypress Moon Studios.Tonya S. Holly will direct the film from her own script, which is a new adaptation of the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow rather than a remake of the 1967 classic film starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. Holly began working on the project after reading old newspaper articles about the gangster pair in an abandoned house on her family's property.
Holly wrote, produced and directed the feature "When I Find the Ocean."
"The Story of Bonnie and Clyde" is set to lense in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Natalie Canerday and Rance Howard will also star.
Maybe the casting will make more sense once it's revealed that "new adaptation" means "now includes musical numbers and a canine sidekick with the uncanny ability to wield a tommy gun."
Hilary Duff set for 'Bonnie and Clyde' [Variety]
Reader Comments
1. Thrasher - January 27, 2009 4:34 PM
My first first.
2. Mac - January 27, 2009 4:49 PM
This sounds like a bad idea until you realize they will be horribly gunned down at the end of the movie. And I think we can all agree that would be abgood thing.
3. Trizfay - January 27, 2009 6:04 PM
My fiance suggested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDvq7XMESas
4. evilive - January 27, 2009 7:33 PM
considering clyde barrow was a petty car thief who engaged in prison sex and cut off one of his toes to get out of working on the prison farm, this sounds like a plum role for the owner of air bud...
5. CaptainMorgan - January 27, 2009 8:02 PM
Rance Howard? Isn't that the asian guy?
6. Snoodle - January 27, 2009 8:32 PM
I'm neutral on a remake of Bonnie and Clyde but...seriously? That casting o.O?
7. Laura - January 27, 2009 10:03 PM
You've got to be friggin kidding me. What a slap in the face to good cinema.
8. T - January 27, 2009 11:42 PM
just wait until you find out that Don Johnson is doing this one as well.
9. Cball11 - January 28, 2009 12:49 PM
#2, thanks for providing the silver lining
10. bjooks - January 30, 2009 10:02 AM
Don't forget that this Zegers kid grew up and played the hustler son in Transamerica, showing himself as a pretty decent young actor. Hilary Duff, though? I got nothing.