According to Variety Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgård have signed up to star in the remake, this time directed by Rod Lurie from his adapted screenplay. I don’t know this Skarsgård fellow all that much, other than he’s in Showtime’s TRUE BLOOD, but I do konw Bosworth and those sweet “dick sucking lips.” Nice to see her in something a little different, and as she plays Marsden’s wife, it’s actually pretty decent casting right there.
Bosworth is the wife, Skarsgård is the ex-boyfriend who tries to rekindle the flame. As a recap, STRAW DOGS follows Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner (Marsden), who moves with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, leading to a violent confrontation.
It’s that whole violent confrontation thing that has us interested. That, and the original is just so darn badass. Can they live up to it? Probably not… but it should be interesting to see them try.