WISH MOVIES:ARSENIC AND OLD LACE REMAKE

Hollywood has released many classics over the years form it’s inception. Some of them being Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Gone with the wind, Cat on a hot tin roof the list goes on. Many of the movies made some thirty to forty years ago have been remade for a new generation, such as It’s a mad mad mad mad world starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Ceaser and a host of other stars was remade as Rat Race in 2003 staring Cuba Gooding Rowan Atkinson, Jon Lovitz. The movie the Italian Job originally starring Michael Caine as Charlie Crocker was reprised by ex rapper/underwear model Mark Wahlberg. The movie Ocean’s Eleven which starred the Rat Pack (Sammie Davies Jnr,Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin ,Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford) has a new line up with A list stars such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt,Matt Damon) .Many other movies such as , Laws of Attraction(Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore), The Mod Squad(Omar Epps, Claire Danes), Guess who, The Thomas Crown Affair(Pierce Brosnan), Get Carter(Sylvester Stallone) ,Ransom(Mel Gibson) are remakes, often times bringing the original stars in cameo roles.
One of my favorite movies from way back when is Arsenic and Old lace Released in 1944, the film stars Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster, a theater critic who is about to get married when he stumbles upon a corpse in the house owned by his aunts Abby Brewster (played by Josephine Hull) and Martha Brewster (Jean Adair). He discovers that his aunts have been poisoning lonely old men by putting arsenic in their elderberry wine, and that they think of these murders as mercy killings. Several others in the Brewster family are off their rockers—one of them pretends he is Teddy Roosevelt, and another is a murderous maniac hiding out from the police. Mortimer considers canceling the wedding because he fears that he too will go crazy and ruin his fiancé’s life.
I would absolutely love to see a remake of this movie. If I was the producer at the helm of such a project and had the funds to cast whoever I wished here what I would do.
The lead role of Mortimer Brewster(the name might have to be changed) would be played by Chris Tucker, and instead of playing a theatre critic he’s probably be a music magazine editor. The role of Jonathan Brewster his insane ex con brother would be played by the menacing Tiny Lister, these two play well off each other as they both starred in the weed promo movie Friday. The unstable Dr Einstein would wonderfully played by Peter Lorre who’s image was portrayed as a mad scientist in numerous Warner Bros cartoons ,would be played by the talented Dave Chappell. His fiancé would definitely have to be a sweet and adorable looking girl, for him to want to protect her so much so that would have to be Marsha Thomason of the TV series Vegas. The taxi driver would have to go Mike Epps. As for the crazy aunts Abby and Martha Brewster would have to be played by Loretta Devine and Whoppi Goldberg. As for nut job Teddy who thinks that he’s Roosevelt , that would have to be changed to someone who thinks he’s Martin Luther King or Don King, and that would definitely have to go to John Whiterspoon of the Friday series. Other minor roles such as the annoying officer O Hara who wants to be a writer and hounds Brewster to read his script can be played by Chris Rock, being a police officer that wants to become a rapper and he will hound Tucker to listen to his demo tape.

ALTERNATIVELY

If done a completely different way, here is how I would do it. The lead role of Mortimer Brewster would be played by Devine Brown’s favorite actor Hugh Grant, his fiancé would be played Rachel Weiz. Crazy homicidal brother would be played by every one’s favorite ex footie player Vinnie Jones. Dr Einstein will be played either by Lee Evans or John Hannah . Teddy will be played by Hugh Laurie this time thinking that he’s Winston Churchill. The aunts will be played by Kathy Bates and Patricia Routledge(Keeping up appearances). As for the ambitious Officer O Hara, this will excellently be played by the incomparable Rowan Atkinson, who fancies himself as the next Tom Jones. The taxi driver