For those of you that have seen The Big Chill, and I am guessing it is probably a lot of you since this is a well known movie, may or may not be interested to know that Screen Gems is prepping to remake the 1983 feature that starred Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum and William Hurt.
As of right now there isn’t a screenwriter or director aboard, but word is that the film will be contemporized and the cast will be made up of African American actors with Regina King already due to be part of the ensemble as well as the producing crew.
The story will stick close to the original, in which seven college friends reunite over a weekend at a South Carolina house for the funeral of a pal. As they get reacquainted, they become introspective about how their lives turned out.
Variety goes on to say that the cast of the new film will be in their 30s, which means the characters will have matriculated together in the 1990s instead of the ’60s. Music will be a big part of the film, though the redo may stick with the original’s fixation on Motown classics.
