Walter Hill

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Mickey Rourke as a priest... that'll be something.

Anyway really looking forward to this new Walter Hill.

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Comic-Con: Walter Hill Tackles 'What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?' Remake
BY MIKE FLEMING | Deadline

BREAKING: Walter Hill, who most recently wrapped the Sylvester Stallone-starrer Bullet To The Head, has partnered with The Aldrich Company to develop a remake of the 1962 Bette Davis-Joan Crawford classic What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? Hill will write the script and direct the film. The original was directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, with Lukas Heller adapting the Henry Farrell novel.

Warner Bros will release Bullet To The Head in February and Hill sparked to the idea of re-creating the nightmarish relationship between two sisters in a crumbling Hollywood mansion, where former child star Jane Hudson (Davis) holds captive her crippled former movie-queen sister (Crawford). "The two equal leads demand great performers — that is a given," Hill said. "The intensity of the Gothic storyline makes a reconfiguration of the drama still a potentially searing experience. The idea is to make a modern film without modernizing the period. It needs to resonate the golden age of Hollywood."

The Aldrich Company controlled the rights on behalf of the original director and entrusted them to Hill. "I am greatly honored that Walter Hill will be joining us in the collaboration of this film," said the late director's daughter Adell Aldrich. "I know that he will respect the material and the legacy of this terrific project." Hill and Aldrich will produce. ICM Partners reps Hill with attorney Eric Brooks while Aldrich is repped by attorney by Eric Weissmann.

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'Dead For A Dollar': Willem Dafoe & Christoph Waltz To Star In Walter Hill's New Western
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According to Deadline, Walter Hill is set to write and direct a new Western titled "Dead for a Dollar." And not only is Hill attached, which would make film fans hyped enough but he's also signed on actors such as Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe to star in it. "Dead for a Dollar" tells the story of a famous bounty hunter, Max Borlund (Waltz), who is hired by a Santa Fe businessman to recover his kidnapped wife from Mexico. While south of the border, Borlund meets up with an American expatriate, Joe Cribbens (Dafoe), who just happens to be the bounty hunter's sworn enemy.