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10 September 2008 6:00 AM, PDT | Spout.com | See recent Spout news »

Wes Anderson has been hired out by Universal/Imagine to script a remake of Patrice Leconte's Mon Meilleur Ami (My Best Friend), about a cabby hired out to pose as Daniel Auteuil's pal. If Anderson also directs the film, I can see Bill Murray as either role, but let me suggest that the other be played by Richard Dreyfuss for a perfect What About Bob? reunion. Pirates of the Caribbean collaborators Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp are apparently going the way of Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks, but better, for a computer-animated film titled Rango< ... »

- Christopher Campbell

9 September 2008 7:11 PM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Wes Anderson is known for his completely original scripts, idiosyncratic little ditties that can charm even the most hardened of souls. It comes as somewhat of a surprise then, to learn that Anderson is tapped to write My Best Friend, a remake of the 2006 Patrice Leconte-directed French comedy Mon Meilleur Ami. Apparently Anderson is also interested in directing the film, which centers around a cranky antiques dealer who learns at a dinner with his closest friends that none of them actually... »

- Daniel Barna

2 articles from 2008