Paramount Pictures is undertaking a major project, with plans to remake the renowned 1958 psychological thriller “Vertigo,” directed by Alfred Hitchcock. As part of the endeavor, discussions are reportedly underway for Robert Downey Jr. to lead the cast.
The actor, who runs Team Downey, will also produce the film alongside his wife Susan Downey, with additional backing from Davis Entertainment’s John Davis and John Fox. According to Deadline, the script will be authored by Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders.
The original movie logline says, “Dismissed when first released, later heralded as one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s finest films (and, according to Hitchcock, his most personal one), this adaptation of the French novel D’entre les morts weaves an intricate web of obsession and deceit. It opens as Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) realizes he has vertigo, a condition resulting in a fear of heights, when a police officer is killed trying to rescue him from falling off a building. Scottie then retires from his position as a private investigator, only to be lured into another case by his old college friend, Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore). Elster’s wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak), has been possessed by a spirit, and Elster wants Scottie to follow her. He hesitantly agrees, and thus begins the film’s wordless montage as Scottie follows the beautiful yet enigmatic Madeleine through 1950s San Francisco (accompanied by Bernard Herrmann’s hypnotic score). After saving her from suicide, Scottie begins to fall in love with her, and she appears to feel the same way. Here tragedy strikes, and each twist in the movie’s second half changes our preconceptions about the characters and events. In 1996 a new print of Vertigo was released, restoring the original grandeur of the colors and the San Francisco backdrop, as well as digitally enhancing the soundtrack.”
It stars James Stewart, and Kim Novak and was released in 1958.
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