Alfred Hitchcock's SUSPICION To Be Remade at Paramount
I don't understand what these studios are thinking remaking the films of Alfred Hitchock. It was recently reported that Rebecca will be remade by DreamWorks, and today news has hit that Paramount Pictures is looking to remake Suspicion.
This isn't the first time someone has attempted a Suspicion remake. Back in 2010, Will Smith was preparing to produce and star in a remake of the film. His name isn't mentioned in this recent report, so I don't think he's attached to it any more.
The new film will be scripted by Veena Sud, best known for working on AMC's The Killing. The original film was based on the 1932 novel by Francis Iles called Before the Fact, and it follows Johnny Aysgarth, a handsome gambler who seems to live by borrowing money from friends. He meets the shy Lina McLaidlaw on a train while trying to travel in a first class carriage with a third class ticket. He begins to court Lina and before long they are married. It is only after the honeymoon that she discovers his true character, and she starts to become suspicious when Johnny's friend and business partner, Beaky, is killed mysteriously.
If you haven't seen the original film, you should check it out. Hitchcock's movies are perfect the way they are, and there's absolutely no reason to remake them.