A “Princess Bride” remake? Inconceivable.
In a recent profile on producer Norman Lear, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra mentioned that pitches have been made to reboot the iconic 1987 motion picture.
“We have so many people coming to us saying, ‘We want to remake this show or that show,’” Vinciquerra told Variety. “Very famous people whose names I won’t use, but they want to redo ‘The Princess Bride.’
“Not a month goes by when we don’t have an idea coming from some very big name wanting to do things with Norman,” he added.
Best known for creating ’70s sitcoms “Sanford and Son,” “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” “Good Times,” “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” and “Maude,” Lear also produced the marvelous “Fried Green Tomatoes.”
But his most famous work remains the big-screen adaptation of William Golding’s “The Princess Bride”—the closest thing to a flawless film ever made.
The swoon-worthy Westley agrees: Cary Elwes, the Dread Pirate Roberts himself, weighed in this week, paraphrasing a quote from the movie.
Jamie Lee Curtis—whose husband, Christopher Guest, played the six-fingered Count Rugen—added that “There is only ONE ‘The Princess Bride’ and it’s [author] William Golding and [director] Rob Reiner’s.”
Amen, sister!
Hollywood elite aren’t the only ones prepared to storm the castle:
You can sheath your swords and put down your rocks, though. It turns out this was nothing more than an R.O.U.S.: Rumor Of Unusual Size.*
A “person familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly” told USA Today on Wednesday that Sony Pictures has no plans for a revival.
As you wish.
* I am extremely proud of this, thankyouverymuch.
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