It’s not that often you hear of a director planning to remake their own movie (although it’s not unknown, as people like Hitchcock and Joseph L. Mankiewicz did it). However Stephen Frears (Tamara Drewe, The Queen) wants to do just that, taking on a new version of his 1984 movie, The Hit.
Director Stephen Frears is reuniting with the screenwriter of the movie, Peter Prince, as well as producer Jeremy Thomas, so it really is a case of getting the old team back together. This British gangster crime thriller originally starred John Hurt and Tim Roth as incompetent hit men hired by the London mob to kidnap an informer played by Terence Stamp. The remake will move the action to Mexico and the United States, with Hollywood being used as a backdrop for the story.
This remake is in the early stages of development, so don’t expect to see it anytime soon. (Source: Variety)
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