Natalie Portman in SUSPIRIA remake?
Back in March it was confirmed that hot up and coming Indie darling David Gordon Green whose latest movie Pineapple Express opens in the U.S. tomorrow was set to remake a movie he adored - Dario Argento’s classic 70’s shocker Suspiria.
Remaking an absolute classic so early in your career seemed like suicide and even Green couldn’t quite fathom why he was directing a remake of one of his favourites saying it “didn’t make sense” but he just couldn’t help himself.
We’ve since heard nothing about this project until this week where Bloody Disgusting ran an article claiming Natalie Portman was being lined up to topline. Reps for her official website are denying the claims according to AICN but BD are sticking 100% behind their story.
Though they do confirm nothing has been signed or sealed… yet.
Jessica Harper starred in the original movie, one of the best - if not the best movie horror maestro Argento has ever made.
We will have more on this as it develops.
Categories: David Gordon Green, Movie News, Natalie-Portman, Suspiria, Suspiria (2010)
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You know, I can see this working. It’s not hard to imagine Natalie Portman as a globetrotting ballerina trapped in a witch coven masquerading as an international dance academy.
Of course it’s all in the tone and style and whether they try and replicate the vivid style of Argento’s original or do something different.
Comment by James Clayton | August 7, 2008
I’ve been hearing about a remake for years and I can’t see it working… but, then, I said the same about the Dawn of The Dead remake, which was pretty good.
You could do a lot worse that Portman to replace Harper. If Green truly is a fan of the original, hopefully he’ll remember the dreamlike nature and colourful photography that made the original work - something Argento himself seemed to have forgotten with Mother Of Tears.
I’d rather it wasn’t remade, but as with Aronofsky’s Robocop, at least the signs are pointing in the right creative directions…
Comment by aphexbr | August 8, 2008