You know our genre is hot when even someone like Ron Howard picks up the remake right to a film. Word came down via Variety this afternoon that Howard is looking into directing an American version of Cache for Universal Pictures. The story seems to be following the now popular "thriller" subgenre - all of the details can be found inside.
Ron Howard may unlock an American version of "Cache" for Universal, according to Variety.
Brian Grazer will produce the remake for Imagine, which acquired the rights from Plum Pictures, with Howard eyeing to direct. Plum's Celine Rattray will exec produce, along with Randy Simon, and Plum's Galt Niederhoffer and Daniela Taplin Lundberg will co-produce.
Michael Haneke wrote and helmed the French original, which starred Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche as a couple who find increasingly violent videos on their porch. Haneke won best director prize at Cannes in 2005.
Sony Classics released it Stateside late that year and the pic, also called "Hidden," went on to earn $3.6 million at the domestic box office. Universal version, to be set in the U.S., is expected to amp up the suspense and consequences.
Howard has several other potential projects in the offing. Besides "Frost/Nixon," the bigscreen adaptation of the play, there's "Angels & Demons," the follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code;" and "The Look of Real," a look at the garment industry that could star his daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard.
Gotham-based Plum optioned the rights to the story in December 2005 as the pic was about to make its Stateside bow (Daily Variety, Dec. 13, 2005). Plum also produced two recent Sundance acquisitions, "Grace Is Gone," which The Weinstein Co. bought for $4 million, and "Dedication," sold to TWC and First Look for $4 million.
Peter Cramer is overseeing for Universal; Karen Kehela Sherwood and David Bernardi are doing the honors for Imagine.
I hate saying this since I hate American remakes of foreign films especially ones that are directed by truly talented directors like Michael Haneke, but I am glad Cache is being remade. It has such an interesting premise which keeps the viewer captivated with its mystery which builds and builds until the BS non-ending ruins the entire film making it absolutely pointless. Go Ron Howard!
i have never heard of this movie but i cant wait to see it. i think that ron will do a good job directing a scary movie, he directed the grinch and that scared the crap out of me! :)
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Ron Howard may unlock an American version of "Cache" for Universal, according to Variety.
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