'Wuthering Heights' Goes 'Twilight'

Just the other day, we wrote about a Twilight-ified version of Little Red Riding Hood finding a home at Warner Bros. Twilight's Catherine Hardwicke is in line to direct for producer Leo DiCaprio, and Amanda Seyfried is the top choice to play Red. Not bad. But the trend seems to be expanding to another classic. Deadline reports that Wuthering Heights, a film that has already had a few behind-the-scenes changes, might be getting another facelift to look more like Edward and Bella. First, it supposedly had Natalie Portman attached, along with Michael Fassbender. Then came Bond girl Gemma Arterton and Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick. In the months since then, the film hasn't moved forward. In fact, it's been moving backwards. The project is now on its third director and it looks like it will need a third Heatchliffe and Catherine. Oh, and it has to find them in the next two months, because filming is supposed to start shooting in April in the UK. Why bother? The remake is being produced by Ecosse Films, which less than a week ago vowed to make an action-packed and hip new Treasure Island. Now instead of doing Wuthering Heights justice, it will try to dumb it down for teenagers. Well, good luck with that. MTV made that movie in 2003 with Erika Christensen and Mike Vogel. Remember it? Exactly.

Comments

[JOJACK]

urrr.this is now being directed by Andrea Arnold - one of the grittiest directors in british film history...i somehow don't think they are going to dumb it down for teens!!!

[sharky]

You're right. Arnold's latest film, Fish Tank, has received many accolades and she also won an Oscar for a short film. Anyway, I think she will do the novel justice.