Remake of Overboard in the works
The 80s comedy classic Overboard starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russel is being remade.
Anna Faris will star in this remake with Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez.
This film will have a gender-reversal of character roles, meaning Faris will play Kurt Russell’s character.
The film will follow a spoiled Mexican playboy who is from an extremely wealthy family.
Eugenio’s character will fall off a yacht and then get amnesia and Faris’ character will be a single mum who convinces the playboy that they are married.
MGM boss Jonathan Glickman said, “The original Overboard was beloved and the only way to bring it back is to reinvent the story in a whole new way. Anna and Eugenio are two of the most charismatic forces in comedy whose take on the material will modernize the story for a whole new generation of moviegoers."
The movie will start filming in May in Vancouver.
Katherine Heigl, Jenifer Lopez and Kate Hudson, daughter of Goldie Hawn, were all once previously attached to the film.
This film follows over movies from the 80s being remade such as Ghostbusters and the upcoming Splash with Jillian Bell and Chinning Tatum.
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