Ben Affleck and David Fincher are teaming up again (yay!) to remake an Alfred Hitchcock movie (um, boo...). The movie in question is the 1951 classic Strangers on a Train, in which a famous tennis player meets a wealthy man on a train and they decide to kill each other's problem person and hopefully get away with it scott free.
Of course remaking Hitchcock is dangerous territory. In 1998, Gus Van Sant released a horrendous remake of Psycho with manchild Vince Vaughn playing Norman Bates. This version made a farce of what I think is one of the most genuinely terrifying movies ever made.
But back on this new movie. This time the story is going to be slightly different and fit more in the modern world. Affleck will play a movie star travelling around in his private jet, campaigning for an upcoming awards season when his plane breaks down and is forced to land. He is then given a ride to LA in a wealthy strangers plane. Rather than go for the catchy title Strangers on a Plane (which I think would be golden), the film will go by the slim-lined version Strangers.
Now I'm not too sure how this will pan out. Yes, Gone Girl was filled with suspense, so we are well aware that Fincher is capable of doing it, but no one can beat the Master of Suspense at his own game. Although Gillian Flynn is returning to write the script on this one, so maybe that will clinch it. Let us know what you think of this remake.
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