Comments on: Remake Of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’ In The Works, ‘Eastern Promises’ Scribe Steven Knight To Pen The Screenplay https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/ Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Katie https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/#comment-121906 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-253804/#comment-121906 "That said, the source material from Daphne Du Maurier is really, really good (seriously, the novel is fantastic) and Knight will draw his screenplay from that"

So really they're just making a new movie version of the novel Rebecca, not remaking Hitchcock's film.

]]> By: trev https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/#comment-121907 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-253804/#comment-121907 Hollywood can't get enough of hitch with the forthcoming release of the girl being produced by renowned Hollywood film studio, the BBC,

]]> By: Bill https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/#comment-121908 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-253804/#comment-121908 Always one of my LEAST favorite and most Hollywoodish Hitchcocks. Let them take a shot at it.

]]> By: Vino https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/#comment-121909 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-253804/#comment-121909 No originality anywhere in 'Hollywood.' Pathetic. And all classic remakes are bombs.

]]> By: Jenny https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/#comment-121901 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:34 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-253804/#comment-121901 There's a new book about the filming of the original movie called "Rebecca: The Making of a Hollywood Classic

]]> By: georgina https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/#comment-121902 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:34 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-253804/#comment-121902 I think Saoirse Ronan would make an excellent Mrs. de Winter, while Michael Fassbender as Maxim de Winter.

]]> By: Helgi https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/#comment-121903 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:34 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-253804/#comment-121903 Rebecca is NOT a typical Hitchcock film.

]]> By: Osric Scrivener https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/#comment-121904 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:34 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-253804/#comment-121904 Calling this a remake is like calling any new version of Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights or Great Expectations a remake. It's just a new film of a classic novel.

]]> By: Mike https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-20120209/#comment-121905 Sun, 22 May 2016 04:29:34 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/remake-of-alfred-hitchcocks-rebecca-in-the-works-eastern-promises-scribe-steven-knight-to-pen-the-screenplay-253804/#comment-121905 I'm not one to get too upset about remakes, but this is one of the greatest films of all time. Barring some drastic reason to justify a new adaptation, this is just wrong. Stephen Knight is an excellent screenwriter though, so we'll see.

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