A new iteration of "The Bodyguard" is back in development at Warner Bros. The studio, which originally planned to remake the successful 1992 Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston movie a decade ago but couldn't get it to the starting line, has hired playwright Matthew López ("The Newsroom") to write the screenplay for a "reimagining" of the story, which is said to be "inspired by" the first film.
Variety reports that López will write a new version of the movie, which has Lawrence Kasdan (who wrote and produced the original film), Dan Lin, and Jonathan Eirich on board as producers. No casting decisions have been made yet, but pairings like Chris Hemsworth...
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Variety reports that López will write a new version of the movie, which has Lawrence Kasdan (who wrote and produced the original film), Dan Lin, and Jonathan Eirich on board as producers. No casting decisions have been made yet, but pairings like Chris Hemsworth...
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