STYD had a chance to chat with the always beautiful Naomi Watts during the promotional tour of her latest dipp into the dark and disturbed, FUNNY GAMES. Besides GAMES, she also briefly talked about another flick she’s attached to… Platinum Dunes’ THE BIRDS remake!
It’s a work-in-progress at this point. I think it’s a wonderful film. There are great things in it that interest me. The script isn’t completely there yet, it probably won’t happen until next year.
Here’s to hoping that ‘next year’ really means ‘never,’ as the idea of remaking a classic of that caliber, from THE master of horror himself, Alfred Hitchcock, seems to be about the worse idea in the history of worse ideas. But that’s Platinum Dunes for you.
If anything good came out of the PSYCHO remake it was the proof that remaking Hitchcock–even shot by shot–never turns out well. It can’t be done! And yet here we are, talking about a remake of THE BIRDS. Bugh…
Watts also dropped some hints as to the status of the script (not good), which you can check out by heading THIS WAY and peaking the full scoop. In the meantime, be sure to seak out FUNNY GAMES, which is currently playing in select theaters nation wide.
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