"Rebecca"remake

annis · Post by **annis** » Mon February 13th, 2012, 7:09 am

Dreamworks has a remake of Hitchcock classic Rebecca in the pipeline. Is this another unnecessary remake? Apparently they will be going back to Du Maurier's novel for inspiration rather than adapting Hitchcock's movie.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/1 ... 68698.html

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Mon February 13th, 2012, 9:34 am

Oh, gosh, not another one. Rebecca is one of my favourite books and I've watched all the various adaptations, but I don't think another one is necessary.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Mon February 13th, 2012, 10:34 am

Totally pointless - there have been some great versions but another one? Why can't they adapt one of her books that hasn't been filmed for ages? Talk about same old, same old!

sweetpotatoboy · Post by **sweetpotatoboy** » Mon February 13th, 2012, 10:52 pm

Talking of which, if you haven't seen the Mitchell and Webb spoof, see here (you do need to know "Rebecca" to 'get' this, though):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SlebFtgZPQ

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Mon February 13th, 2012, 10:58 pm

[quote=""sweetpotatoboy""]Talking of which, if you haven't seen the Mitchell and Webb spoof, see here (you do need to know "Rebecca" to 'get' this, though):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SlebFtgZPQ[/quote]

LOL--thanks for the link!

rebecca · Post by **rebecca** » Tue February 14th, 2012, 12:44 am

[quote=""sweetpotatoboy""]Talking of which, if you haven't seen the Mitchell and Webb spoof, see here (you do need to know "Rebecca" to 'get' this, though):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SlebFtgZPQ[/quote]

LOL I had a good giggle over that and if they are making a new Rebecca, they wont have to look far to find Mrs Danvers

.....But I thought a new version had already been done with ummmmm...Emalia Fox(SP?)...But all told I don't think you can beat the original even though I thought Laurence Olivier was a very wooden Maxim(the real villain) DeWinter.

Bec

princess garnet · Post by **princess garnet** » Tue February 14th, 2012, 1:09 am

[quote=""rebecca""]LOL I had a good giggle over that and if they are making a new Rebecca, they wont have to look far to find Mrs Danvers

.....But I thought a new version had already been done with ummmmm...Emalia Fox(SP?)...But all told I don't think you can beat the original even though I thought Laurence Olivier was a very wooden Maxim(the real villain) DeWinter.

Bec

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Yes, it was Emilia Fox. She appeared in the TV adaptation in 1998.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue February 14th, 2012, 1:10 am

[quote=""Madeleine""]Totally pointless - there have been some great versions but another one? Why can't they adapt one of her books that hasn't been filmed for ages? Talk about same old, same old![/quote]

I couldn't agree more, she's got several books that would suit well on film but no....

That video was a hoot

Mello · Post by **Mello** » Tue February 14th, 2012, 2:22 am

I'm in the opposite camp - there can never be too many adaptations of a classic. I'll watch them all, the good, bad and the ugly. I saw the two adaptations of Frenchmen's Creek in the past couple of weeks and would watch more if they had been made!

donroc · Post by **donroc** » Tue February 14th, 2012, 2:25 am

I cannot watch reruns of the Olivier version without remembering the Carole Burnett-Harvey Korman sendup.