Title: Knightley Is The New "My Fair Lady"
Riverwide - June 6, 2008 11:49 PM (GMT)
Image Sony Pictures and CBS Films are set to remake the classic Lerner & Loewe musical "My Fair Lady".
Keira Knightley is in talks to star as Eliza Doolittle in the project produced by Duncan Kenworthy ("Love Actually," "Notting Hill") and frequent West End producer Cameron Mackintosh.
The film will retain the Lerner & Loewe musical's score and 1912 setting, with shooting to take place on location in the original London settings such as Tottenham Court Road and Covent Garden.
Further material from George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion," which served as the basis for the musical, will be added to this film to "dramatize as believably as possible for present-day audiences the emotional highs and lows of Eliza Doolittle as she undergoes the ultimate makeover, transforming under the tutelage of Professor Henry Higgins from a Cockney flower girl to a lady."
The musical was first staged in 1956 featuring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. Audrey Hepburn and Harrison starred in the Oscar-winning George Cukor-helmed film in 1964. Two further stage revivals took place starting in 1979 and 2001.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080606p.php bulletproof_heart - June 7, 2008 01:21 AM (GMT)
OH I can't abide her
And I love the original, so have no need to see a remake
Fembot 1 - June 7, 2008 07:17 AM (GMT)
Oh NO! That's a horrible idea. Kneightley couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. It's an insult to Audrey's memory :drama: :Topaz:
Glamorama - June 9, 2008 11:58 AM (GMT)
ANOTHER pointless remake?
Why do people think all these shitty remakes are good ideas?
bulletproof_heart - June 9, 2008 12:08 PM (GMT)
Because they get hyped up and people go and see them :(
Glamorama - June 9, 2008 12:16 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (bulletproof_heart @ Jun 9 2008, 01:08 PM) |
| Because they get hyped up and people go and see them :( |
Are remakes ever hits though?
bulletproof_heart - June 9, 2008 12:26 PM (GMT)
I'm not sure statistics wise... but they never seem to hand around for long. They always seem to just disappear don't they.....
Time Machine for example :chuckle:
scrowfan - June 9, 2008 01:43 PM (GMT)
UGH.. i have NO interest in her or that remake
LeToya Abdul - June 9, 2008 02:09 PM (GMT)
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY IS EVERYTHING :wowwow:
bulletproof_heart - June 9, 2008 02:30 PM (GMT)
*pukes*
Oh no she does that enough for us all (after every meal)
henZ - June 9, 2008 04:54 PM (GMT)
Keira isn't a perfect actress by a long shot but she is one of the most beautiful women in the world.
LeToya Abdul - June 9, 2008 04:54 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (henZ @ Jun 9 2008, 11:54 AM) |
| Keira isn't a perfect actress by a long shot but she is one of the most beautiful women in the world. |
Absolutely. :clap: :clap: :clap:
She's stunning.
Riverwide - June 9, 2008 05:50 PM (GMT)
Oh but what about that fucked-up jaw of hers? It ruins her looks.
Someone gave it a website of its own a while back.
TickTock - June 9, 2008 08:31 PM (GMT)
Are they insane??!!!
Miss Underbite needs to hit the road!
GimmeSomeRiver - June 10, 2008 01:49 PM (GMT)
Ok. I see why old horror or scifi movies are being remade with updated effects. But this? It's PERFECTLY FINE the way it is. WHY butcher it?