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Commercial Director Boards 'Train' Remake
Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:01 AM ET
By Liza Foreman
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Noam Murro, who received a Directors Guild of America Award this year for his work behind the camera on commercials, has signed on to direct an upcoming remake of Alfred Hitchock's "Strangers on a Train" for Warner Bros. Pictures.
David Seltzer is writing the screenplay for the adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel, which Hitchcock brought to the big screen in 1951. The story also inspired 1969's "Once You Kiss a Stranger" and Danny DeVito's "Throw Momma From the Train" in 1987.
Robert Walker and Farley Granger starred in the original Hitchcock movie, with Granger playing a tennis pro who jokes about killing the father of a stranger he meets in return for the other man killing Granger's wife.
Murro has directed a wide variety of commercials, including spots for Adidas, Nike, Starbucks, Bud Light and eBay. He also was nominated for the DGA Award in 2003 and 2004.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
Commercial Director Boards 'Train' Remake
Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:01 AM ET
By Liza Foreman
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Noam Murro, who received a Directors Guild of America Award this year for his work behind the camera on commercials, has signed on to direct an upcoming remake of Alfred Hitchock's "Strangers on a Train" for Warner Bros. Pictures.
David Seltzer is writing the screenplay for the adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel, which Hitchcock brought to the big screen in 1951. The story also inspired 1969's "Once You Kiss a Stranger" and Danny DeVito's "Throw Momma From the Train" in 1987.
Robert Walker and Farley Granger starred in the original Hitchcock movie, with Granger playing a tennis pro who jokes about killing the father of a stranger he meets in return for the other man killing Granger's wife.
Murro has directed a wide variety of commercials, including spots for Adidas, Nike, Starbucks, Bud Light and eBay. He also was nominated for the DGA Award in 2003 and 2004.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter