1 article from 2004
8 January 2004 | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Hollywood bosses are planning to give Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1935 thriller The 39 Steps a modern makeover. Movie company Carlton America, which owns the rights to the film, has hired Robert Towne, writer of the much-vaunted 1974 Oscar-winner Chinatown, to script and direct the new version. Hitchcock's film, often included in Greatest Movie lists, starred Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll and Lucie Mannheim. Towne, who's also written blockbusters like Shampoo, Tequila Sunrise and the Mission: Impossible series, says, "It's not much of an exaggeration to say that all contemporary escapist entertainment begins with The 39 Steps. I look forward to having it in my future." …
1 article from 2004
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