New info on Stepford Wives

noidguy · Post by **noidguy** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 6:26 pm

I just read this on scifi.com. Not much new, but adds a few details.

Nicole Kidman, who stars in the upcoming remake of The Stepford Wives, told SCI FI Wire that the update will offer a different take on the 1975 original. "It's going to be done as a comedy," Kidman said in an interview. "And I've wanted to do a comedy. ... I'm in the middle of Cold Mountain now, which is sort of an epic, tragic love story. I just went, 'I've got to do a comedy.' I need to have some lightness."

The Stepford Wives tells the story of Joanna (Kidman), a wife and mother who relocates from Manhattan to Stepford, Conn., only to discover that all the women in town seem overly eager to please their husbands. Kidman takes on a role first played by Katharine Ross, and Kidman said that she recognized the comic potential in director Bryan Forbes' 1975 film. "Black comedy," she said. "I love black comedy."

Frank Oz (Little Shop of Horrors) will direct the new Stepford Wives from a screenplay by Paul Rudnick (Addams Family Values). The remake, like the original, is based on Ira Levin's SF novel. Production will begin in March 2003 for a late 2003 or early 2004 release.

noidguy · Post by **noidguy** » Mon Jan 20, 2003 12:11 pm

The original story not funny enough? Well then, let's throw in a gay pal for Joanna. Ugh, I can see where this is going.

Roger Bart, a Broadway actor, has been signed on to fill the role mentioned above. Ugh.

tectile · Post by **tectile** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 6:12 am

I can tell you where it's going too.

RITE DOWN THE DUMPER.

Hey guys, Let's take a great story and see how many ways we can trash it.

Lord have mercey!

Baron · Post by **Baron** » Tue Jan 21, 2003 10:18 am

Yep, typical Hollywood-think. "Let's do a new twist - we'll take the sexy originals (Kidman, Cusack) and have them traded in for robot replacements Rosie O'Donnell, and Starr Jones!"

Y'know, the thought of Starr Jones repeatedly crashing into a refrigerator does have a certain perverse humor...........

tectile · Post by **tectile** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 6:38 am

I'm a lawyer...Clunk.
I'm a lawyer...Clunk.
I'm a lawyer...Clunk.

Hehe!!!