The phrase that comes to mind is why-on-Earth?
The Politician's Wife was a great British miniseries that I saw back in the 1990's. It was really good, and quite interesting. And it seemingly caught the eye of one or more Hollywood types, because Picturehouse has announced plans to re-make it into a theatrical release. Now in the original Juliet Stevenson was truly superb. But as she's not a name actress on these shores I doubt she was even considered for the lead in the re-make. Instead the lead will be played by Lynette (die! die! die! you tiresome harpy). This might turnout well, but I really wish people would skip it entirely and watch the original, because I doubt this later version will be nearly as good.
Posted by armand at January 15, 2007 01:49 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Movies