How silly. That movie had a US release, and it was only like a year ago.

flakbait | March 09, 15:55 CET

How weird.

Urui | March 09, 16:03 CET

Geez, the body isn't even cold yet. I'd rather see a modernized remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with Ron in the Spencer Tracy role.

Tonya J | March 09, 16:04 CET

They did a modern remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner a few years ago, with Aston Kutcher and Bernie Mac.

JMaloney | March 09, 16:27 CET

Except that was a comedy. Anyway, glad Ron's working but he deserves something BIG.

Tonya J | March 09, 16:46 CET

Ditto to everything everyone's always said. Why?

vocah | March 09, 17:15 CET

I heard quite a while ago they were remaking this, and I'm a bit leery, because I adore the original.

I don't think Ron would fit in Alan's role. Maybe the priest?

mouse | March 09, 18:27 CET

This is hilarious news.

gossi | March 09, 18:32 CET

Yeah, kinda weird to make a remake a few years after the first movie. Obviously they are going for a different take on the situation, though. The movie just seemed so British to me... don't know how this version will work out.

fortunateizzi | March 09, 18:38 CET

The movie just seemed so British to me... don't know how this version will work out.

fortunateizzi

Maybe the British thing could be the reason for a remake. They're doing a Hollywood version of the excellent "Let the Right One In", without 2 years after the original.

Brasilian Chaos Man | March 09, 19:05 CET

no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no /shialabouf
I loved the original and while it has Ron in it, I'm afraid if I watch it I'll just keep comparing it to the original and not actually truely enjoy/neutral/hate it.

Chewy | March 09, 19:33 CET

Holy god it's by Neil LaBute. He's going to fill it with BEES.

frostcircus | March 09, 21:59 CET

I too heard about this quite a long time ago, and thought it was a joke. The original had only been on DVD for a few weeks when Chris Rock started talking about a "remake", as if it was something from the "Golden Age of Hollywood" or something. Ron Glass, you deserve better. In fact, I think Ron should look into doing a remake of a Real classic, On Borrowed Time, which featured Lionel Barrymore as a crotchety old Grampa who gets Death up a tree... literally! :D

TDBrown | March 09, 22:12 CET

Oh 'Death At a Funeral' was a wonderful British comedy, but I think it could easily be adapted as something completely different, with this all African American cast. It won't take away from the original but should give this new cast plenty to work with. I can see there being room for both, I'd go see it!
Personally I thought the remake of 'The Women' didn't work at all, most remakes are just a pale copy, but I could see 'Death at a Funeral' being a good idea.

embers | March 09, 22:36 CET

I heard Tracy Morgan was going to be a part of this. Are they just replacing all the British people with black people? Is that a thing now?

Tyler Perry?

John Darc | March 10, 03:02 CET

...Huh.

That said, I guess there is sort of this tendency for every ethnic minority/group/whatever to take something existing and adapt it to their own purposes since it's unlikely that the demographic sought is gonna go watch the original. Like Eat Drink Man Woman was a Taiwanese/Chinese movie remade for Mexican-Americans as Tortilla Soup, all those Asian horror remakes SMG keeps finding her way into, Spaced almost being remade by Fox (despite basically being like British pop culture responding to American influenced nostalgia), or Black Frasier.

I admit I actually am curious what Tracy Morgan's acting is like when he's not on SNL or 30 Rock even if nothing else he's done really sounds like it'd appeal to me. And I do sort of wonder what role James Marsden has as maybe a token white guy.

orangewaxlion | March 10, 04:48 CET

When I worked at the movie theater downtown Palm Springs, CA we never showed black people movies. I don't think we showed the British one either though. I saw the original in an insane asylum. It was ironic.

FaithsTruCalling | March 10, 05:06 CET

Black Frasier between 8:00 and 8:15

John Darc | March 14, 00:22 CET