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12-10-2004, 02:06 PM
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Lloyd's 'Safety Last!' Gets Update
Fri Dec 10, 2004 05:54 AM ET
By Borys Kit
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The image of actor Harold Lloyd hanging off a clock in the 1923 silent movie "Safety Last!" is getting a contemporary makeover.
Columbia Pictures has picked up a pitch for a romantic comedy that will be loosely based on the Lloyd classic. The action centers on a store clerk who organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building but is forced to make the perilous climb himself. It will be written by Keith Bunin.
The new version, dubbed "Safety Last," is also expected to feature elaborate, choreographed physical comedy that was the trademark of the silent pictures.
Columbia's Sony Pictures parent acquired domestic theatrical rights this year to Lloyd's films through the Harold Lloyd Trust and will release the restored films next year. Suzanne Lloyd, granddaughter of the silent-film legend, will serve as an executive producer of the new film.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
Lloyd's 'Safety Last!' Gets Update
Fri Dec 10, 2004 05:54 AM ET
By Borys Kit
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The image of actor Harold Lloyd hanging off a clock in the 1923 silent movie "Safety Last!" is getting a contemporary makeover.
Columbia Pictures has picked up a pitch for a romantic comedy that will be loosely based on the Lloyd classic. The action centers on a store clerk who organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building but is forced to make the perilous climb himself. It will be written by Keith Bunin.
The new version, dubbed "Safety Last," is also expected to feature elaborate, choreographed physical comedy that was the trademark of the silent pictures.
Columbia's Sony Pictures parent acquired domestic theatrical rights this year to Lloyd's films through the Harold Lloyd Trust and will release the restored films next year. Suzanne Lloyd, granddaughter of the silent-film legend, will serve as an executive producer of the new film.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter