Alfred Hitchcock movies are no stranger to remakes. From Gus
Van Sant's attempt at "Psycho," starring Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates, to “Rear Window”
which got a modern jolt in the 2007 movie “Disturbia,” starring Shia LaBeouf.
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According to Screen Rant, Dreamworks and Working Title plan
to remake Hitchcock’s film “Rebecca,” originally penned by Daphne du Maurier in
1938 and adapted by Hitchcock in 1940. The story revolves around a young woman
who marries a wealthy widower, only to be haunted by her husband’s deceased
ex-wife, Rebecca.
The master of suspense left some pretty big shoes to fill
seeing that this was his first Hollywood film
and it won him Best Picture. This was Hitchcock's only Oscar victory.
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According to FirstShowing.net, Paramount is hopping on the Hitchcock train,
remaking the 1941 film, “Suspicion.” The series writer of AMC’s “The Killing,” Veena
Sud, offered to write the big-screen adaptation, which is based on
Frances Iles' 1932 novel “Before the Fact.”
The original movie starred Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant. The
story was about a young woman who suspects her new husband is trying to kill
her in order to gain money from her affluent family. Fontaine won Best Actress,
making it the only Hitchcock film that featured an Academy Award-winning
performance.
If the 1998 version of "Psycho" taught us anything about
Hitchcock remakes, it’s that directors shouldn’t try to imitate the master
scene by scene. The remake needs to have its own angle, twists and turns because you can't compete with a legend.
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