'Overboard'... Again

The 80s were a good era for original movies with good stories starring the actors we love. So, of course Hollywood is remaking another classic 80s flick.

“Overboard” originally came out in 1987 starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. Hawn plays a rich woman named Joanna who hires single-dad, country-carpenter Dean to build a closet on her yacht. The two don't see eye-to-eye and Joanna sets sail without paying Dean. Joanna suffers from amnesia after falling overboard and being fished out of the sea the next day and Dean uses this opportunity to get the money she owes him by telling her she's his wife.

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It’s a movie that never gets old because it has an original, entertaining storyline. Romantic comedies of today have nothing on “Overboard.” Remaking it into a run-of-the-mill “chick-flick” will ruin it. 

According to Screen Rant, back in 2009 Katherine Heigl was said to be a part of the remake. Then, in 2010 Jennifer Lopez was announced as the lead. Neither one will even come close to what Goldie Hawn brought to this movie. All of J-Lo’s attempts at a comedy and/or romance fell flat, why will this be any different?

Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, who wrote “Accepted,” are getting together once again to write the script. The amusing qualities of “Accepted” are not in line with what makes “Overboard” so great.

According to Digital Spy, Hawn told Stylist, “I guess when they remake it they should have a different slant and different people. That's the challenge. Good luck to them, really.”

Paul Young from Screen Rant predicts there will be a change to the script and Lopez will play the part of Russell as a woman scorned by a snobby man who gets amnesia. But who will play the lead male role?

Young said it best saying, “There are plenty of other projects out there that should be done first but, alas, Hollywood is just going to keep serving leftovers instead of making steak for dinner, simply because it’s easier.”