'Romancing the Stone' remake at Fox (THR)
By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte
Fox is setting up a remake of the Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner romantic comedy/adventure pic “Romancing the Stone” with Daniel McDermott on script duty. The original movie helped launch Robert Zemeckis as a director and turned Douglas and Danny DeVito into film stars while also establishing Turner as a romantic lead.
The original told the story of a repressed romance novelist who travels to Colombia to find her missing sister only to meet up with an American soldier of fortune. The two embark on a cross-country adventure involving a map, a jewel and a private police force.
No producers are currently attached to the remake, says The Hollywood Reporter.
McDermott, a former head of DreamWorks Television, most recently co-wrote the thriller "Eagle Eye." He is developing a contemporary adventure movie for Tom Cruise at UA titled "Adventurer's Club" and working on a remake of "Soylent Green" for Warner Bros.
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'Romancing the Stone' remake in works (THR)
