Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Apr 26, 2005 15:05:38 GMT -5
LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- "The Birds," Alfred Hitchc*ck's classic 1963 horror tale, looks to be taking flight again as a Universal Pictures remake.
Filmmaker Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production label is in negotiations to make the update with producer Peter Guber though his Mandalay Pictures banner.
The new version would be based on the short story by Daphne Du Maurier, to which Universal owns the rights and which inspired Hitchc*ck's original movie.
Tippi Hedren starred in the 1963 thriller about increasingly vicious birds that terrorize a small town.
It won't be the first time Universal, which was Hitchc*ck's home for the latter part of the producer-director's career, has been part of a remake of the master.
In 1998, Gus Van Sant directed a scene-for-scene remake of "Psycho" for the studio. That same year, Warner Bros. Pictures and Koppelson Entertainment turned out "A Perfect Murder," based on the play that inspired Hitchc*ck's "Dial M for Murder."
And at Warner Bros. -- underscoring the rage for Hitchc*ck remakes -- the studio is mounting a new version of "Strangers on a Train," based on the Patricia Highsmith novel that was the basis for the Hitchc*ck film.
Platinum is no stranger to the remake genre itself. Its most recent offering, "The Amityville Horror," has taken in more than $43 million after two weekends at the domestic box office.
Platinum also remade "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and recently set up a remake of "The Hitcher" with Focus Features to be released through Focus' genre label, Rogue Pictures.
Filmmaker Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production label is in negotiations to make the update with producer Peter Guber though his Mandalay Pictures banner.
The new version would be based on the short story by Daphne Du Maurier, to which Universal owns the rights and which inspired Hitchc*ck's original movie.
Tippi Hedren starred in the 1963 thriller about increasingly vicious birds that terrorize a small town.
It won't be the first time Universal, which was Hitchc*ck's home for the latter part of the producer-director's career, has been part of a remake of the master.
In 1998, Gus Van Sant directed a scene-for-scene remake of "Psycho" for the studio. That same year, Warner Bros. Pictures and Koppelson Entertainment turned out "A Perfect Murder," based on the play that inspired Hitchc*ck's "Dial M for Murder."
And at Warner Bros. -- underscoring the rage for Hitchc*ck remakes -- the studio is mounting a new version of "Strangers on a Train," based on the Patricia Highsmith novel that was the basis for the Hitchc*ck film.
Platinum is no stranger to the remake genre itself. Its most recent offering, "The Amityville Horror," has taken in more than $43 million after two weekends at the domestic box office.
Platinum also remade "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and recently set up a remake of "The Hitcher" with Focus Features to be released through Focus' genre label, Rogue Pictures.