EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has simply set plans to revamp The Bodyguard, the 1992 romantic drama thriller that teamed superstars Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. The studio, which launched the unique, has set Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour director Sam Wrench to helm and script by Juror No. 2 author Jonathan A. Abrams, Deadline has realized.
The information was revealed Friday in an interview with Warner Bros’ co-film bosses Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. No casting has been set, however after the primary movie’s star duo and field workplace success (it made $411 million worldwide field workplace and landed a pair of Oscar nominations) it actually can be a casting course of to observe.
The unique plot centered on Costner’s former Secret Service agent Frank Farmer, who takes a job as bodyguard to well-known R&B star Rachel Marron, performed by Houston on the top of her pop-star fame. Drama, romance and a thriller plot ensue as Frank tries to smell out a harmful stocker, with the ultimate act taking part in out as Rachel wins the Finest Image Academy Award.
Mick Jackson directed the pic, which was penned by Star Wars and Raiders of the Misplaced Ark scribe Lawrence Kasdan. The pic was nominated for 2 Oscars for its songs, and its soundtrack grew to become the best-selling of all time (and the best-selling album by a feminine artist of all time). Its hits included “I Will At all times Love You,” “I’m Each Lady,” “Queen of the Evening” and the Oscar-nommed “Run to You” and “I Have Nothing.”
Warner Bros studio has been prioritizing discovering administrators who spark to the corporate’s IP, with different revivals within the works for franchises like The Matrix (with Drew Goddard writing and directing), the current Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and previous hits like Sensible Magic reteaming Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock, and Gremlins and Goonies in improvement with Chris Columbus.
Different IP performs within the works embody Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Jay Roach with their Oceans Eleven prequel; Matt Reeves as producer, working with Marvel’s Werewolf By Evening director Michael Giacchino on a remake of the library title Them; Andy Serkis directing Gollum; and Cat within the Hat being co-directed by Jon M. Chu amongst others within the quiet phases.
