{"id":47552,"date":"2020-05-15T20:48:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T00:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=47552"},"modified":"2020-05-19T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T19:59:05","slug":"warners-remaking-blake-edwards-comedy-10-with-legally-blonde-screenwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/15\/warners-remaking-blake-edwards-comedy-10-with-legally-blonde-screenwriters\/","title":{"rendered":"Warners Remaking Blake Edwards’ Comedy 10 With LEGALLY BLONDE Screenwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Director Blake Edwards’ 1979 sex comedy 10<\/strong> is getting a remake.<\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> is reporting that Warner brothers is developing a remake of the comedy which starred Dudley Moore and Bo Derek. Legally Blonde<\/strong> screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith are set to handle the script.<\/p>\n

Edwards’ widow, the actress Julie Andrews who also appeared in the film, is executive producing. In a released statement she said –<\/p>\n

10<\/strong> holds a special place in my heart. It captures Blake’s charisma and his special humor that I so adore. I have long been rather protective about which of Blake’s brilliant works should be re-imagined. I am pleased that today’s film goers will have an opportunity to enjoy a new interpretation of this classic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the film, Moore plays a middle-aged music composer who becomes infatuated with a gorgeous, younger and recently-married woman (Derek), ignoring his longtime girlfriend (Andrews). Although a big hit in 1979 going on to snag two Academy Award nominations for Best Song and Score, the film can be viewed as a bit problematic by today’s standards with the empty objectification of Derek’s character by Moore. But given that screenwriters McCullah and Smith’s previous work on such films as Legally Blonde<\/strong>, 10 Things I Hate About You<\/strong> and The House Bunny<\/strong> show a strong ability to write comedically from the female point-of-view. That suggests a potential interesting inversion of the gaze that the original film took.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The comedy that launched Bo Derek’s status as a 1980s bombshell is getting a redo.<\/div>\n

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