Little Women (2019)

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by CelluloidPal

You are correct there. The 1994 version is pure perfection in my eyes.
I really don't see this new one being on that level or why it needs another adaptation, per se.

Nothing NEEDS to be made. OK, maybe something like Shoah. But otherwise, if we waited for people to make stuff that was somehow necessary then we would have pretty much no movies.

And I explained earlier why it has so many adaptations: It's very popular. On top of that, it doesn't cost a fortune to make. It's not like something like Lord of the Rings or whatever. It's also fairly straight-forward, really. It's not like making a new version of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

I said it before, but I love the cast and I have great faith in Greta.

[Hoke Moseley]

La La Land reversal...

[aiman04]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

I haven't seen any.

Same here, the silly younger me had no interest thinking it was made for girls. Gonna fixed that soon.

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Emma Watson to Replace Emma Stone in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’

Oh well, at least I have the 1994 version to start.

[Cremildo]

Are we even sure this is going to be a "faithful" adaptation? I mean, maybe it'll be more contemporary, set in Sacramento or something. Some guy on another forum ventured it could be set during the Vietnam war. I think we need to take these possibilities into account before saying this version is completely superfluous.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Are we even sure this is going to be a "faithful" adaptation? I mean, maybe it'll be more contemporary, set in Sacramento or something. Some guy on another forum ventured it could be set during the Vietnam war. I think we need to take these possibilities into account before saying this version is completely superfluous.

I have no more info than you do, or anyone else. But they already did an updated version. And although I can certainly see Gerwig doing something like that, it seems to me that it's more likely going to be an adaptation that sticks to the source material.

Heck, it might have been one of her favorite books growing up?

Again, this is all speculation based on absolutely zero evidence, I admit. But it's just a feeling. I'm sure we'll find out soon enough.

[Darth Marcus]

Source: Deadline

‘Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk Joins Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ Remake
by Amanda N'Duka - September 24, 2018 11:52am

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk is set for Sony Pictures’ Little Women, the remake which is being written and directed by Greta Gerwig. The previously announced cast includes Meryl Streep, Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlon, James Norton, and Louis Garrel.

The pic will reunite Odenkirk and Streep, both of whom starred in the Oscar-nominated feature, The Post. Odenkirk’s recent credits include Girlfriend’s Day for Netflix, which he also wrote, The Disaster Artist, and Disney Pixar’s Incredibles 2.

The film is based on the classic story by Louisa May Alcott. Amy Pascal is producing the project, along with Denise Di Novi and Robin Swicord, while Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production via Sony’s label Columbia Pictures.

Odenkirk can currently be seen in Season 4 of AMC’s acclaimed drama, Better Call Saul. He is also teaming up with John Wick scribe Derek Kolstad and director Ilya Naishuller to develop, produce and star in the action thriller Nobody, and is currently in development on the FX miniseries Night of the Gun, based on the memoirs of late New York Times columnist David Carr.

Odenkirk is repped by WME, Odenkirk-Provissiero, & Ziffren Brittenham LLC.

[General Custer]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Are we even sure this is going to be a "faithful" adaptation? I mean, maybe it'll be more contemporary, set in Sacramento or something. Some guy on another forum ventured it could be set during the Vietnam war. I think we need to take these possibilities into account before saying this version is completely superfluous.

Yes, it is faithful and not only is it set in the period but also being shot in Concord Massachusetts. So, this should be the definitive version of the story on film. Shooting starts next week.

[CelluloidPal]

Originally Posted by General Custer

Yes, it is faithful and not only is it set in the period but also being shot in Concord Massachusetts. So, this should be the definitive version of the story on film. Shooting starts next week.

Definitive? The 1994 version was the definitive film version. I don't see this even sniffing the level of that one IMO.

[General Custer]

Originally Posted by CelluloidPal

Definitive? The 1994 version was the definitive film version. I don't see this even sniffing the level of that one IMO.

Well, everybody is, of course, welcome to their own opinion but perhaps you should give this version a chance and see it before dismissing it.

[CelluloidPal]

Originally Posted by General Custer

Well, everybody is, of course, welcome to their own opinion but perhaps you should give this version a chance and see it before dismissing it.

I'm not dismissing it and never did. I just felt like the bar has been raised sky high at this point but Gerwig & company are more than welcome to give it a shot.

[General Custer]

My feeling is that the effort they are putting into this one and with the talent involved it should be a great picture.

[Cremildo]

Chris Cooper Joins the Cast

[Cremildo]

[AaronJ]

Great pics!

I'm very excited for this.

[CelluloidPal]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Great pics!

I'm very excited for this.

You think so? I'm not seeing anything special here in particular.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by CelluloidPal

You think so? I'm not seeing anything special here in particular.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!

[CelluloidPal]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!

No offense but I'm just not feeling it yet. I hoping for something different here.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by CelluloidPal

No offense but I'm just not feeling it yet. I hoping for something different here.

No offense taken.

But this is pretty much what you say about everything, thus I'm not very surprised at your response. *shrug*

[Markgway]

I'm so out of fashion I saw the headline "Greta Gerwig Eyes ‘Little Women’ With Streep, Stone, Ronan, Chalamet Circling (EXCLUSIVE)" and thought: Oh, Sharon Stone's in this?

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Markgway

I'm so out of fashion I saw the headline "Greta Gerwig Eyes ‘Little Women’ With Streep, Stone, Ronan, Chalamet Circling (EXCLUSIVE)" and thought: Oh, Sharon Stone's in this?

Ouch.