Will Smith to Produce and Star in Hitchcock remake Suspicion
Another remake in the pot for Hollywood and its a Hitchcock film which has “Hancock” set to star. Latino Review is reporting that Will Smith will star in and produce a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 film Suspicion.
The original film starred Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine, which revolves around Fontaine’s character marrying Grant’s character, and then she suspects he’s trying to kill her. The site reports that Smith is in talks to play Cary Grant’s role.
The original film was based off the a book called “Before the Fact” by Anthony Berkeley writing under the pen name “Francis Iles”. In that version, which is slightly different than Hitchcock’s version, the husband is in fact a killer, thief, forger and adulterer. The book was not a “whodunit” but rather just a thriller crime novel of sorts.
The novel covers a period of approximately ten years: Johnnie Aysgarth’s courtship of, and marriage to, Lina McLaidlaw, the disintegration of their marriage and her imminent death – although it is uncertain that she is really going to die. The whole story is told from Lina Aysgarth’s point of view. We know everything she does and everything she thinks. On the other hand, we know practically nothing about the villain except for what Lina sees and gathers, creating more suspense.
The rights to the original film are held by RKO and the project is expected to land at Paramount.
Which would you rather see:
Will Smith suspected as a killer? or Will Smith as a killer?
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