Exclusive: At long last, 20th Century Fox is moving forward with Guys And Dolls. The studio has set Michael Grandage to direct the picture, and casting is just getting underway on the remake of the stage and movie classic. Danny Strong wrote the script. John Goldwyn is producing the picture with Working Title. Bernie Telsey is casting. This is sure to set in motion a lot of lust from leading men and ladies who can sing and dance. When Deadline revealed that Fox finally…...
- 5/31/2016
- Deadline
What's in the daily news? I'll tell you what's in the daily news! Story about a guy who bought his wife a small ruby The Guys and Doll remake has found new legs as 20th Century Fox selects a screenwriter to adapt the Broadway musical into a charming movie musical. Deadline reports Fox has hired The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2 scribe Danny Strong to translate the Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows' book into a cinematic event sure to lure in modern audiences. Based on Damon Runyon's short stories, Guys and Doll is set in 1920s New York City, and centers on a pair of deceitful gangsters, Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit. The latter is working on setting up a high-grossing craps game, but to make it a reality he needs start up. So, of course he places a bet. But instead of gambling on horses, he gambles...
- 12/16/2013
- cinemablend.com
The long-developing film remake of Broadway classic "Guys and Dolls" gained some momentum this week from a surprising source: Deadline reports that it just landed "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" screenwriter Danny Strong to script the project.
Strong is a bit of a hot commodity in Hollywood lately, thanks to his scripts for films like "Lee Daniels' The Butler," "The Lost Symbol," and both parts of the upcoming "Mockingjay" adaptation. He won two Emmys for writing and producing 2012 miniseries "Game Change," and has also acted in a number of films and TV shows including "Mad Men," "Gilmore Girls," and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Now that Strong is on board, "Guys and Dolls" will hopefully, finally pick up steam. The show debuted on Broadway in 1950, where it won the Tony for Best Musical; it was first adapted for the big screen in 1955, starring Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando. An update was in the works several years ago,...
Strong is a bit of a hot commodity in Hollywood lately, thanks to his scripts for films like "Lee Daniels' The Butler," "The Lost Symbol," and both parts of the upcoming "Mockingjay" adaptation. He won two Emmys for writing and producing 2012 miniseries "Game Change," and has also acted in a number of films and TV shows including "Mad Men," "Gilmore Girls," and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Now that Strong is on board, "Guys and Dolls" will hopefully, finally pick up steam. The show debuted on Broadway in 1950, where it won the Tony for Best Musical; it was first adapted for the big screen in 1955, starring Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando. An update was in the works several years ago,...
- 12/16/2013
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
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