THE WOMEN Remake in the Works
According to Variety, Clare Boothe Luce’s mordant comedy The Women may be headed for the big screen for the third time in 65 years. With New Line as the potential distributor, the new remake would be the feature-film début (as writer-director) of Diane English, best known as the creator and writer of the TV series Murphy Brown.
Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Sandra Bullock, and Ashley Judd are currently in negotiations to appear in the film, while Uma Thurman has been mentioned as a possible addition to the stellar cast. (Bening is supposed to take over the old Norma Shearer role, all sweetness and light — which would mean that Meg Ryan would be playing against type, as a scheming husband [...]
by Andre Soares | October 24, 2004
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Tags: Annette Bening, Clare Boothe Luce, Classic Movies, Diane English, George Cukor, Joan Crawford, June Allyson, Meg Ryan, Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, The Women
