It appears Bridesmaids director Paul Feig wants to head in a slightly different direction, with a movie that has space for some humour but also has the potential for plenty of Oscar-bait emotion. Variety reports he’s attached to write and direct Untouchable, The Weinstein Company’s planned remake of Eric Toledano and Oliver Nakache’s French hit The Intouchables, with Colin Firth attached to star.
Based on a true story, as recounted in Philippe Pozzo di Borgo’s heartwarming memoir Le Second Souffle, Untouchable is about an affluent aristocrat whose adventurous life changes dramatically following a crippling paragliding accident. Now quadriplegic and deeply depressed, he unleashes his frustration upon a string of caretakers until he meets one – a fiery Algerian immigrant – who refuses to suffer such abuse. Before long, these two stubborn and lonely men become unlikely friends.
Firth is in early talks to play the crippled man, so it’s not quite a done deal yet. It’s not clear when the movie will shoot,