For me this just taking the mickey on the whole remake front. Yes, I know there are always remakes in some form, but where the hell is all the original material? There’s definitely a huge swing of late over to the remakes. Anyway, I’ve hammered on enough about that before. Coming Soon alerted me to the shocking news:
Revolution Studios is in talks with Ice Cube to play the title character in a remake of Cary Grant 1948 comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, says Variety.
Oh. My. God. I mean I think Ice Cube is fun in some of his movies, and perhaps he can go the way of LL Cool J, who I actually think does really well on screen, but in the lead role formerly played by the great Cary Grant? There’s just no way that he could live up to that, never mind the whole movie living up to the original. Surely not.
