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Warner Bros. is looking to reboot 1992's 'The Bodyguard,' which starred Kevin Costner with Grammy Award winning artist/ actress Whitney Houston.
The film will be scripted by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer, whose action comedy script 'Family Getaway' made the 2010 Black List and is a priority project at Warner Bros. Dan Lin will produce through his Lin Pictures banner, and Mark Bauch is co-producer, stated Deadline.com.
Original written by Lawrence Kasdan and directed by Mick Jackson, the film centered around a Secret Service agent (played by Costner) who has to protect a well-known singer (played by Houston) from a stalker. While doing his job, he falls in love in her which complicates his duties.
The sites states that the new version is similar, including the love story, but here the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran who gets the job protecting the star as his first gig after leaving the Army. He discovers that the world of Twitter, Google Maps and TMZ has made access to celebrities easier than ever, making the job more difficult than ever. The goal is to take a young female singer with global appeal and give her the platform that 'The Bodyguard' did Houston.
While the film received mixed to negative reviews, including a Razzie Award nomination for Houston for Worst Actress, 'The Bodyguard' was a global blockbuster hit, grossing over $400 million.
Two songs from the film, 'Run to You' and 'I Have Nothing,' were nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song. The film was also nominated for four Grammy Awards, winning three, including Album of the Year for its soundtrack album of the same name
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By: CG on 2/24/2011 2:06PM
Jennifer Hudson would make a good choice.
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By: renee on 2/24/2011 2:22PM
you have got to be KIDDING
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By: Jason on 2/26/2011 9:19PM
J Hud is NOT a good choice. She has the pipes, but not quite the allure that Whitney had. I think a better choice would be Alicia Keys. She was good in Smokin' Aces and The Secret Life Of Bees. I think she has the emotional range to pull it off and she'd be appealing to a vast audience like Whitney. If Aaliyah was still here, I might recommend her.
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By: Trish on 2/24/2011 6:42PM
Warner Brothers.... Want a block buster???
Cast Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy ... :O
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By: UKNO on 2/24/2011 11:51PM
DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT TOUCH THIS CLASSIC AND MESS IT UP YOU TALKING ABOUT A VERY BAD IDEA THIS IS ONE OF THEM OMG THEY JUST WON'T QUIT. WHERE ARE THE FRESH IDEAS FOR NEW MOVIES TO STAR AFRICAN AMERICANS SO WE CAN SEE THEM. I HATE HOLLYWOOD FOR CHEATING THE WORLD OUT OF TALENTED AFRICAN AMERICANS WE HAVE OUT THERE TO ENTERTAIN ON THE BIG SCREEN AND THEY ARE NOT GIVING THEM A CHANCE.
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By: k on 2/25/2011 9:01AM
Jennifer can act and sing! Please, please do not use Beyonce! She can not act or sing. My guess is if they are looking for thin and beautiful then they will choose Beyonce. But if they want real actors then keep her far away from this film.
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By: baroness on 2/25/2011 2:13PM
`I agree 100%! If they must remake it, I pray that that don't put her in that role! Whitney may be a bad actor but Beyonce is much worse!
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By: lenora smith on 2/25/2011 1:02PM
I too agree that a remake is mistake. I do not care if the film was not a critical success. It was Whitney at her most glorious. Let it remain a tribute to her and for us to remember how great she was. I do however, agree that Brandi and Maksim should be paired up in some project. Just not this. Maybe they should do "A Star is Born". Make her a singer on the rise and him a dancer with arthritis.
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By: Myra on 2/25/2011 4:57PM
Please don't do it! Re-makes are usually never as good as the original even if the original is critically banned. Do you remember what happened with THE WIZ, and a Star Is Born?
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