Posted on 12/04/2009 5:46:07 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Oscar-winning US director Steven Spielberg has dropped plans to remake the Hollywood classic "Harvey" after failing to find the right star to take on the lead role made famous by James Stewart.
Initially, Spielberg had wanted Tom Hanks to take on the role of the gentle, mild-mannered Elwood P. Dowd, who just happens to say his best friend is an invisible giant rabbit.
But the industry daily Variety said Friday that Hanks was not that enthusiastic about the prospect of stepping into the legendary Stewart's footsteps.
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Where is Jim Carrey? tsk tsk .. talk about a role made for him.
maybe Spielberg could re-make Gunga Din or do a sequel to ET or Close Encounters instead.
Al Gore with some script changes.
If Hollywood is that talented, come up with something new!
I have an idea; researching it for years. Don't have the talent to write a script.
Why do these fools want to fool with the classics?
Not enough mugging in it for Carrey’s inestimable talent.
I think remake of that movie would sucks Norm
If they want do with special effects
It’s the lack of special effects that made it, well, special.
A wise move. He knows his limitations.
Yeah I talking about today audiences I saw Harvey on TCM other day my five year old nephew ask me where is special effect this sucks
I think to safe to say if they going do Harvey remake you got have special effect get Transformer movie going crowd that sad part about Today Hollywood and probably today audience
Then don’t remake it. The whole charm of the movie is we don’t see the rabbit.
Well, I’m glad that Hanks realizes his limitations. He could never fill Jimmy Stewart’s shoes.
If Hollywood is that talented, come up with something new!
I agree. Most of the DVds and Blu-rays I watch are of classic films. Harvey is over-rated anyway, and would never go over with today's Michael Bay fans.
Two words:
Joe Pesci.
Not a great movie, but a great watch. Stewart in his most eccentric role. I don’t love it, but I like it.
There's not an actor today that could hold a candle to any of the greats like Stewart.
I thought he already did a movie that Stewart had done before. (You’ve Got Mail, rehash of Little Shop Around the Corner)
I mean The Shop Around the Corner
Which shows that he is in fact smarter than a box of rocks. That is Jimmy Stewart's role and cannot be replayed by anyone.
But we do, at the very end, see his silhouette through the office door.
Ah, but not for the whole movie!
Nobody would be able to surpass Jimmy Stewart. Before remaking Harvey, they should remake Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and Birth of a Nation.
Also Triumph of the Will, but that needs to be an adaptation rather than a remake--Triumph of Hope and Change, to fit the era of Obama.
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