Aug 3 2009Spielberg Hops on the Remake-Go-Round
Steven Spielberg, the man who famously presented Animaniacs, has announced he'll be shooting a remake of Harvey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play-turned-Jimmy Stewart movie about a man and his six-and-a-half-foot rabbit friend only he can see. From Variety:
Steven Spielberg has committed to his next film, and it will be an adaptation of the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Harvey,” which will be done as a co-production between 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks.It is the first screenplay by the bestselling novelist Jonathan Tropper.
It is the story of an amiable eccentric, Elwood P. Dowd, and his friendship with a six and one-half foot tall invisible rabbit, and how it affects every member of his family and community. The play won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944, and was previously turned into the 1950 Universal film that starred Jimmy Stewart and Josephine Hull.
Spielberg later added, "This shit's going to be SO fucked up, dude. Like, did you see Donnie Darko? Like that times a billion in fucked-upitude, man."
Reader Comments
1. Delgo - August 3, 2009 11:43 AM
I give a shit.
2. Yep - August 3, 2009 11:55 AM
When did originality become a dirty word in Hollywood ?
PSSTT, PSSTTT Setven save your creative soul...... STOP before it is too late, and all you are left with is a hollow shell marking the spot of a ones great detector.
"If you innovate they will watch"
3. jaime - August 3, 2009 12:13 PM
i didn't know steven had such a potty-mouth.
4. zips - August 3, 2009 12:38 PM
You can't top the Jimmy Stewart original as far as I'm concerned. Can Hollywood even do a tasteful gentle eccentric without wanting to go all wacky or Judd Apatow on the story? Will Ferrell is about the only guy who could do Elwood P Dowd any justice if he kept the slapstick to a bare minimum.
5. Rich Waffle-U - August 3, 2009 12:47 PM
Sooo....Who Framed Roger Rabbit? But more invisible, yes?
6. mtk - August 3, 2009 1:31 PM
GEE, I WONDER IF TOM HANKS WILL STAR IN THIS
7. miranda_kerr_fanboy - August 3, 2009 1:33 PM
well.........will he??
8. Alex Llanio - August 3, 2009 1:41 PM
Thats the funniest thing i've ever read. Kickass quote dood!
9. cd - August 3, 2009 7:47 PM
that movie is perfect...it does not need to be touched or redone. they tried this with harry anderson also a few years ago.
10. frank - August 10, 2009 8:46 PM
Actually, I'm not against this remake. It's not an '80s cartoon, it's an old movie that a lot of the new generation probably isn't familiar with, and it provides a great platform for nuanced acting and witty writing. The original was great, but I'll still see this one.
C'mon Steve, redeem yourself for contributing to Transformers.