Warner Bros. has tapped a director for its long-awaited remake of The Bodyguard.
Sam Wrench, best known for directing Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023), is now attached to helm the reimagining of the iconic 1992 romantic thriller that starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. Casting for the remake has yet to be announced.
The new script is being written by Jonathan Abrams, who most recently penned Juror #2, directed by Clint Eastwood. An earlier draft of the screenplay was written by Matthew Lopez. The remake has been in development in various forms since 2011.
The original film followed a former Secret Service agent (Costner) assigned to protect a famous singer (Houston) from a dangerous stalker. The movie marked Houston’s film debut and became a massive box office success, finishing as the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 1992. It also earned two Academy Award nominations and featured Houston’s legendary cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” which became a global hit and a career-defining song.
Directed by Mick Jackson from a script by Lawrence Kasdan, the original The Bodyguard also inspired a popular stage adaptation, which premiered in London’s West End in 2012.
Hong Kong action cinema also have their version of The Bodyguard in the form of Corey Yuen’s The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994) starring martial arts legend Jet Li.
Stay tuned.
SOURCE: THR
