More remake news today; this time starring Nicole Kidman. It appears they are going to modernize the Marilyn Munro film “How to Marry a Millionaire.” We get the scoop from the hallowed halls of The Hollywood Reporter:
Sacha Gervasi, who wrote Steven Spielberg’s “The Terminal,” has been tapped to pen the screenplay, which will be a contemporary-set reinterpretation of the Marilyn Monroe classic. The original, a Technicolor comedy that was released by Fox in 1953, vaulted Monroe to stardom.
Plot details for the updated “Millionaire” are being kept under wraps, but it is described as a complete overhaul of the original story.
I have no idea why they bother to do remakes when they “overhaul” the entire story. It bothers me when the title is the only thing the two films have in common. That being said, if anyone would be the one to fill Marilyn’s shoes – Kidman could be it. Kidman has an elegance and grace about her that simpy beams forth when she is in full evening gown regalia. She has a classic “Hollywood starlet” look and if anyone could marry rich it would be her.
It will be interesting to see what “modern” adaptions they will make to the story. Perhaps Kidman will be 8 months pregnant when she is on the manhunt. That would be awesome; rich guys love to hump chicks near the end of the third tri-mester.
