You don’t mess with greatness. You just don’t. Gus Van Sant learned that the hard way with his 1998 remake of “Psycho.”
However, Robert Downey Jr. didn’t seem to have gotten the memo. He’s decided to embark on a remake of Hitchcock’s “Vertigo.”
Paramount acquired the rights for the remake, with Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) set to pen the adaptation. No filmmaker has been tapped just yet, but, man, I’d hate to be in that director’s chair. Whoever it will be…
Leave the classics alone. Hitchcock can't be recreated. Only honored. Don't do this, Paramount.
Regardless, ballsy move, remaking what is arguably the greatest film of all time — it’s most definitely in my all-time top 10. A perfect film, with no flaws whatsoever. A remake is an absolutely useless endeavour.
Hitch must be rolling in his grave. Now, hire Gus Van Sant, you cowards.