Warner Bros. will at all times love you and is within the works to remake a romantic, field workplace ’90s hit. Warner Bros. Footage will remake the 1992 movie “The Bodyguard” starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, the studio’s movie chiefs introduced in an interview Friday.
“The Bodyguard” starred Costner as a former Secret Service agent as a person who takes a job defending an R&B singer with a way of life far completely different than what he’s accustomed to and whom is being pursued by a stalker. The movie was launched on the top of Whitney Houston’s pop stardom and consists of a few of her traditional hits together with “I Will All the time Love You,” and it additionally was nominated for 2 Oscars for Greatest Unique Track. The movie made $411 million worldwide, and Warner Bros. has even tried to remake the property earlier than, together with most lately in 2011.
Warner Bros. has already hooked up a director and author to the undertaking. Sam Wrench, who was the director on “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and has additionally directed quite a few different live performance movies and TV specials, will direct the function. Jonathan A. Abrams, who made his debut with the screenplay for “Juror No. 2” at WB, will write the script. No solid was introduced.
Lawrence Kasdan wrote the unique “Bodyguard,” and the movie was directed by Mick Jackson.
WB movie chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy spoke with Deadline on Friday and revealed that “The Bodyguard” film was within the works. They stated within the interview that whereas there was nothing set in stone, the hope is to quickly inexperienced mild sequels to “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “A Minecraft Film,” that are the studio heads’ two largest hits within the position. De Luca and Abdy have been dogged with headlines in latest days speculating about their job standing after a handful of bombs, most notably “Joker 2,” and a few of their spending on upcoming movies.
Subsequent up on Warner Bros.’ slate is “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s newest movie which opens subsequent Friday, and it additionally has Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After One other” arriving this summer season.