Script Report: THE LADYKILLERS
April 29th, 2002
According to Variety, the Coen brothers are in negotiations to write and direct a remake of 1955 British black comedy, THE LADYKILLERS. The original starred Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers, and centered on four accomplices in a robbery who try to kill their indestructible elderly landlady. The new storyline revolves around an eccentric matron who unwittingly rents out rooms in her house to a gang of professional thieves. They use the house as a hideout while they plot a major heist. Barry Sonnenfeld had been attached to direct the picture but will now produce. THE LADYKILLERS would be the Coen brothers their next film after INTOLERABLE CRUELTY.
(Source: Variety)
(Source: Variety)
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