‘Hunger Games’ Writer Penning ‘Guys And Dolls’ Remake
20th Century Fox’s remake of the musicalGuys and Dollsis starting to get lucky. Earlier this year, thestudio closed a dealto remake the Broadway musical turned award-winning Hollywood film starring Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando. Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were mentioned as two possible stars. However, at that time, no one was officially attached because there was still no script and Fox has now hired someone to remedy that. They’ve tappedDanny Strong, who adaptedThe Hunger Games: MockingJayinto two films, to put the tale of Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson on the page.
Deadlinebroke the news of the deal.
Strong won a few Emmys last year for writing the HBO movieGame Change, which set his writing career on fire. He didHunger Games, Lee Daniels' The Butlerand the Dan Brown/Robert Langdon adaptation,The Lost Symbol. Before that, he acted on onMad Men, Gilmore Girlsand a ton of other things.
Guys and Dollspremiered on Broadway in 1950 and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The film, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, came out in 1955. It tells a fun loving story of gambling and crime in the 1940s with gambler Nathan Detroit. He makes a bet with his friend, Sky Masterson, that he can’t get a young girl to go to Cuba with him for dinner. That, of course, sets off a bunch of events, relationships and songs including, most famously, “Luck, Be A Lady Tonight.”
It’s the kind of crowd-pleasing musical blending elements of action, drama and comedy genres Hollywood loves, which is why they’ve been trying to remake it for a long time. Strong’s involvement means we might finally see it in cameras in the next year or so. Or we can just go rent the 1955 original.
Are you aGuys and Dollsfan? Who should play the lead roles?
