TFC Morning Report – Monday, April 27, 2009 – Videodrome remake in the works

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Top Story: David Cronenberg’s 1983 thriller Videodrome will be remade with Ehren Kruger writing and Daniel Bobker producing. Universal, the distributor of the original, has the right of first refusal for the remake. (Variety)

In Other News: Beyonce-starrer Obsessed topped the weekend box office with $28.5 million while last week’s No. 1 film, 17 Again, dropped to second with $11.6 million. (Variety)

Maria Bello and Craig T. Nelson will join Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, and Ben Affleck in The Company Men, which will be written and directed by John Wells. (Variety)

The first ‘it’ movie to come out of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival is Conor McPherson’s The Eclipse. I know, I didn’t think Tribeca could produce an ‘it’ movie either. But that hasn’t stopped Lionsgate, Magnolia, and Roadside Attractions from circling the project. (THR)

Fin.