Warner Bros Remakes 《The Bodyguard》

華納兄弟電影公司，目前正著手進行咱家天后Whitney Houston在1992年掛頭牌演出的電影《The Bodyguard》的重拍計畫。

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is rebooting its 1992 hit The Bodyguard, the film that paired Kevin Costner with Whitney Houston and became for its time one of the biggest global hits in studio history with a $411 million worldwide gross.

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.

Scripted by Lawrence Kasdan and directed by Mick Jackson, the original was a fairly straight ahead tale of a Secret Service agent (Costner in a Steve McQueen homage, down to his hairstyle) drafted to protect a singing diva whose life has been threatened by a stalker, then falling for her in a way he fears is a distraction from his job. 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.

It becomes the second music-driven remake for the studio, which just got a commitment from Clint Eastwood to direct Beyonce. The studio is in the process of landing the male star.

Lin just wrapped Sherlock Holmes 2, and is producing with Kevin McCormick Gangster Squad, which Ruben Fleischer will direct. He is also developing the LEGO Movie, which has Phil Lord and Christopher Miller attached to direct. The scribes are repped by UTA and Mosaic.

Source:Deadline.com

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華納將重拍惠特尼·休斯頓經典電影《保鏢》

華納兄弟公司今天透露他們正在籌備重拍惠特尼·休斯頓（Whitney Houston）和凱文·科斯特納（Kevin Costner）在1992年主演的經典電影《保鏢》（The Bodyguard）。

華納兄弟公司今天透露他們正在籌備重拍惠特尼·休斯頓（Whitney Houston）和凱文·科斯特納（Kevin Costner）在1992年主演的經典電影《保鏢》（The Bodyguard）。

《保鏢》講述了一個退役的秘密特工被派去保護一個正受到匿名者騷擾的當紅女歌星，在相處的過程中兩人陷入了愛河……該片留下的最大財富就是惠特尼·休斯頓演唱的多首歌曲，其中更以“我將永遠愛你”（I will Always Love You）最為經典，被人們無數次翻唱，經久不衰。

值得一提的是，原版《保鏢》導演Mick Jackson去年導演了電視電影《自閉歷程》（Temple Grandin），並獲得了艾美獎。

新版《保鏢》仍計畫找當今歌壇的當紅女歌星來主演，目前編劇Jeremiah Friedman和Nick Palmer已經受雇創作劇本。

Source:美南新聞

重拍版的《The Bodyguard》，目前正由編劇Jeremiah Friedman,Nick Palmer著手進行新版電影的劇本編寫，導演仍由當年惠媽版《終極保鑣》的導演Mick Jackson來擔任，至於大家較在意的新版電影主角人選則是尚未確定。

針對華納的的這個計畫，我還蠻無言的.....

來回味一下當年的電影預告吧！
The Bodyguard (1992) - Movie Trailer

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2011/03/12 Update：雨傘妹Rihanna對外宣稱，她對參與《The Bodyguard》的重拍計畫，一點興趣也沒...

Rihanna Won't Star In The Bodyguard Remake

By Helen Sanders On March 7, 2011

Last week saw reports suggest that Rihanna was being lined up to take on Whitney Houston's role in the highly anticipated remake of the 80's classic, The Bodyguard.

However, the Only Girl (In The World) star has denied the claims, revealing that she is not interested in pursuing singing acting roles.

In an interview with OK! magazine, Rihanna was asked if she was interested in being part of the remake to which she answered: "Absolutely not. I want to separate the two."

She elaborated: "I hate it when singers do singing movies all the time because you can never look at them as anybody else."

Of her fledgling acting career, Rihanna continued: “I want to play a character, my whole life is playing Rihanna, being a singer won’t be a stretch for me.

“I like challenges and being an actor is playing a role, being able to step into somebody else’s shoes, that’s the excitement."

Rihanna is set to star in Battleship later this year. Do you think she has what it takes to be a successful actress?

Source:www.entertainmentwise.com

在接受《OK!雜誌》專訪中，雨傘妹說她沒有要接演《The Bodyguard》重拍版的計畫。鴨子聲女伶在專訪中提到：她討厭看到歌手在電影演出裡唱歌！

還好雨傘妹有自知之明，知道自己演技及歌藝都不如人，不然好好的一部惠媽經典電影，可能就在她的手中毀了！