https://staging2.theplaylist.net/a-royal-affair-helmer-nikolaj-arcel-to-direct-remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-20130322/ Fri, 13 May 2016 10:23:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/a-royal-affair-helmer-nikolaj-arcel-to-direct-remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-20130322/#comment-59291 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:23:30 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/a-royal-affair-helmer-nikolaj-arcel-to-direct-remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-100403/#comment-59291 C'mon guys this is a book adaptation, not a remake. When celebrated auteur Todd Haynes filmed "Mildred Pierce" it was reported as an adaptation of the book, not a remake. Let's use the same verbage here.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/a-royal-affair-helmer-nikolaj-arcel-to-direct-remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-20130322/#comment-59292 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:23:30 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/a-royal-affair-helmer-nikolaj-arcel-to-direct-remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-100403/#comment-59292 "Rebecca" is one of my favourite Hitchcock films. One of the many reasons to love the film is Joan Fontaine, who is just extraordinary in the role. So I don't need a remake and I don't get the "bringing the works of Alfred Hitchcock to a younger generation" notion. Very few people bother checking out the original after a mediocre remake.
Arcel seems to be a decent director, but it still seems unnecessary. Yet, since this seems to be on its way, it better be good. Casting Elizabeth Olsen or Alicia Vikander in the lead-role would be a not too bad start.

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