After 18 years and grossing over $411 million worldwide, Warner Brothers has decided to remake the 1992 romantic, box office hit film The Bodyguard. In the original film, Whitney Houston played a musician who hires Kevin Cosner’s character as her bodyguard. According to reports, the remake will have the same story line, but the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran:

The new version is similar, including the love story, but here the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran who gets the job protecting the star as his first gig after leaving the Army. He discovers that the world of Twitter, Google Maps and TMZ has made access to celebrities easier than ever, making the job more difficult than ever. [Source]

It is said that ‘the goal is to take a young female singer with global appeal and give her the platform that The Bodyguard did for Houston.’ Rumor has it that Beyonce, Rihanna or Jennifer Hudson may be considered for the female role.

OH it will be Beyonce, make no mistake about it That dung beetle looking father of hers is on the case as we speak, if not already.

That being said, I really could care less, the original was bad and everybody else would serve an improvement over bland ass Kevin Costner and Nippy's acting.

But they better find a KICK ASS actress for the sister role, remember her? She was the best thing in the movie.

Why does this need a remake?

Harlepolis said:

OH it will be Beyonce, make no mistake about it That dung beetle looking father of hers is on the case as we speak, if not already.

That being said, I really could care less, the original was bad and everybody else would serve an improvement over bland ass Kevin Costner and Nippy's acting.

But they better find a KICK ASS actress for the sister role, remember her? She was the best thing in the movie.

Beyonce's on that A Star is Born remake, they'll get Jennifer to do it.

Timmy84 said:

Harlepolis said:

OH it will be Beyonce, make no mistake about it That dung beetle looking father of hers is on the case as we speak, if not already.

That being said, I really could care less, the original was bad and everybody else would serve an improvement over bland ass Kevin Costner and Nippy's acting.

But they better find a KICK ASS actress for the sister role, remember her? She was the best thing in the movie.

Beyonce's on that A Star is Born remake, they'll get Jennifer to do it.

You wanna bet that she will try to act in BOTH?

Wow, the showbusiness is really desperate.

Harlepolis said:

Timmy84 said:

Beyonce's on that A Star is Born remake, they'll get Jennifer to do it.

You wanna bet that she will try to act in BOTH?

I won't be surprised.

I wonder if Sonny is going to be involved.

banks said:

According to reports, the remake will have the same story line, but the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran:

The new version is similar, including the love story, but here the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran who gets the job protecting the star as his first gig after leaving the Army. He discovers that the world of Twitter, Google Maps and TMZ has made access to celebrities easier than ever, making the job more difficult than ever. [Source]

Actually, that sounds pretty interesting; more interesting than the original film anyway, don't get me wrong Whitney and Kevin were cool and had (some) chemistry but the script was absolutely tepid...

I wonder if they'll write NEW songs for the remake

"Rumor has it that Beyonce, Rihanna or Jennifer Hudson may be considered for the female role. "

Right now, I can only think of Sam Worthington and Rihanna...

Beyoncé???

Jennifer?

dag said:

Wow, the showbusiness is really desperate.

this is such a wacktacular idea!! Beyonce herself should BALK at the idea. someone needs to RED LIGHT this project right away. I need a deserted island to move to if this indeed happens

Is Hollywood really THAT starved for fucking scripts? That they now are remaking shitty movies too? Whats next the remake of Tom Hanks's "The man with one red shoe" (never heard of it, guess why)

Beyonce will surely sign on for this.It's the only type of role that she likes to play

SoulAlive said:

Beyonce will surely sign on for this.It's the only type of role that she likes to play

I love them to play against protocol and get a switcheroo. The savior will be Idris Elba and the superstar diva be Lady Gaga. You know how weird that'll look? Idris trying to save someone who wears telephones and soda cans on her head and have pointy implants on the side of her face. More interesting than seeing Colin Farrell being bad ass trying to save Mrs. Bootylicious.

You wanna experiment, Hollywood? Do that.

They'll never go for it though.

lastdecember said:

Is Hollywood really THAT starved for fucking scripts? That they now are remaking shitty movies too? Whats next the remake of Tom Hanks's "The man with one red shoe" (never heard of it, guess why)

It's not that there aren't enough original screenplays moving around Tinseltown; it's that there are too many greedy and unimaginitive movie studios trying to milk as much money as they can from the gullible buying public. The only thing shocking about Hollywood wanting to do a remake of The Bodyguard is that they even went straight up public about it. While Hollywood is obviously anxious to just do straight-up remakes of old and not-so-old movies, they are already doing back door remakes of old movies that are just listed under different titles and slight variations of the original movie. For instance, The Roommate is a blatant ripoff of Single White Female, and Love Don't Cost A Thing was just a rehash of Can't Buy Me Love except it was aimed at urban audiences. Swimfan was a teenage horror film which ripped off Fatal Attraction, while Cruel Intentions was a teen version of Dangerous Liasons.

But I have an idea for an original horror film. It can be set in space, and it's about an intergalactic spaceship with an obsessive captain who is pursuing a giant extra-terrestrial space creature which has been attacking other spaceships. The space captain becomes so obsessed with finding and killing this space creature that he angers his crew, who then attempt a mutiny.

728huey said:

But I have an idea for an original horror film. It can be set in space, and it's about an intergalactic spaceship with an obsessive captain who is pursuing a giant extra-terrestrial space creature which has been attacking other spaceships. The space captain becomes so obsessed with finding and killing this space creature that he angers his crew, who then attempt a mutiny.

Sounds similar to the episode of Star Trek where Kirk gets obsessed about this sort of "smoke creature" that is on a planet. Spock & McCoy thinks he should be relieved of duty as captain.

Only if he's in it and gets to sing "I Will Always Love You".

Harlepolis said:

OH it will be Beyonce, make no mistake about it That dung beetle looking father of hers is on the case as we speak, if not already.

That being said, I really could care less, the original was bad and everybody else would serve an improvement over bland ass Kevin Costner and Nippy's acting.

But they better find a KICK ASS actress for the sister role, remember her? She was the best thing in the movie.

You know Matthew "Cut-Throat Matt" Knowles will be damn if Rihanna OR Jennifer to get that female lead ahead of his little princess.

If....oops, I mean when Beyonce gets Whitney's role, Then THIS man will definitely get Kevin's role:

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Just wait.

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The reason for all the shitty remakes is its easier for the studios that already own the copyrights to remake than actually hire talent for new original product.

lazycrockett said:

The reason for all the shitty remakes is its easier for the studios that already own the copyrights to remake than actually hire talent for new original product.

And it's only going to get worse. I've heard a few reports last week that most of the successful films within the MGA catalog are going to be remade as well.

uPtoWnNY said:

Why does this need a remake?

"The Bodyguard" wasn't all that good the first time around.

that's messed up

banks said:

the remake will have the same story line, but the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran

TD3 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Why does this need a remake?

"The Bodyguard" wasn't all that good the first time around.

I don't think you should let Sonny Chiba hear you say that.

MickyDolenz said:

TD3 said:

"The Bodyguard" wasn't all that good the first time around.

I don't think you should let Sonny Chiba hear you say that.

you've peaked my interest, this movie looks a damn sight more entertaining than other "Bodyguard".

In that case, get ready for the rumored remake of "Love Jones" delivered by the only man greenlit to make Black movies these days - Tyler Perry.

Michael K from Dlisted puts it best!

The Bodyguard is a ridiculous disaster of epic proportions, but it's a perfect ridiculous disaster of epic proportions that doesn't need to be touched. The dead fish chemistry between Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner... Whitney Houston delivering some Robocop goddess realness at that bizarre club... Whitney Houston wearing a Russian grandma... earrings to the fucking Oscars... Kevin Costner's orange juice addiction... Kevin Costner thinking that a stupid cabin in the middle of nowhere is a safe place to hide from a crazed stalker... These are moments and things that you can't recreate! It's impossible.

But Warner Bros. made over $400 million from The Bodyguard, so they're going to try do it again. And aaaaaaaah-eeeeeeee-aaaaah don't want this shit to happen. The hurtful details from Deadline:

Scripted by Lawrence Kasdan and directed by Mick Jackson, the original was a fairly straight ahead tale of a Secret Service agent (Costner in a Steve McQueen homage, down to his hairstyle) drafted to protect a singing diva whose life has been threatened by a stalker, then falling for her in a way he fears is a distraction from his job. The new version is similar, including the love story, but here the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran who gets the job protecting the star as his first gig after leaving the Army. He discovers that the world of Twitter, Google Maps and TMZ has made access to celebrities easier than ever, making the job more difficult than ever. The goal is to take a young female singer with global appeal and give her the platform that The Bodyguard did Houston.

By "young female singer with global appeal" they mean Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Lea Michele (kill me) or Susan Boyle, right? Fuck my life with Kevin Costner's samurai sword.

The only way I will accept this is if they cast Asian Boytina in the Whitney Houston role and Justin Bieber in the Kevin Costner role. Warner Bros. is already getting a ticket on the express elevator to hell for this, so they might as well go all the way.

Whitney Houston wearing a Russian grandma... earrings to the fucking Oscars

SonOfSoul said:

In that case, get ready for the rumored remake of "Love Jones" delivered by the only man greenlit to make Black movies these days - Tyler Perry.

Hey, I am not laughing!!! Don't play like that.

Come on know, the one rule at a time when it comes to "us", "we" each get A decade. Tho', Mr. Perry can and does finance his own projects, he can pretty much do whatever; I think there's a lesson in there some where.

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