{"id":14005,"date":"2011-05-10T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=14005"},"modified":"2011-05-10T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:04:09","slug":"rob-marshall-hired-for-thin-man-redo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/10\/rob-marshall-hired-for-thin-man-redo\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Marshall Hired For THIN MAN Redo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The planned remake of the 1934 classic mystery comedy The Thin Man<\/strong> takes another step forward as Warner Brothers has hired Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides<\/strong> direct Rob Marshall to helm the project. Marshall’s involvement was tentative when the project was first announced last fall<\/a>. Marshall and his producing John DeLuca will produce the film under their Lucamar Productions banner.<\/p>\n

The remake is a bet project of Johnny Depp, who will be playing the role of a former detective who comes out of retirement to solve a murder mystery involving a rather ecentric family. The inimitable William Powell played the detective, Nick Charles, in the original. Powell’s chemistry with co-star Myrna Loy as his wife Nora helped turn the film into a six installment franchise.<\/p>\n

In a press release, Marshall stated, “John [DeLuca] and I are overjoyed at the idea of working with Johnny [Depp] again, especially on such a classy and classic project… We are looking forward to working with Warner Bros. to create a reinvention of a beloved story.”<\/p>\n

Marshall’s hiring should come as no surprise. Depp is the engine driving this film through the development process and once Depp decides he likes a director, he tends to stick with him for a number of projects. Just ask Tim Burton or Gore Verbanski<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Marshall’s hiring, I suspect that this film will fly under the radar for a bit. Jerry Stahl was only hired to write a screenplay at the end of March<\/a>, so they’ll need time to go through that process before things like casting can commence.<\/p>\n

I’m still not sold on the idea of remaking The Thin Man<\/strong>. Granted it’s been stated that this new version will stick a closer to the tone of Dashiell Hammet’s original novel than the 1934 film and it’s sequels did. But I think that the original film is so pitch perfect that a new version could never be quite as good in it’s own right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marshall reteams with Depp for remake.<\/div>\n

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