Some quick news for Denzel Washington fans, who has been getting a little quiet nowadays. Denzel Washington teams up with Tony Scott for the remake of “The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3″ for Columbia Pictures. Washington will take on the role of Zachary “Z” Garber, which was played by Walter Matthau in the original 1974 Joseph Sargent-helmed film. The story, based on a novel by John Godey, also spawned a 1998 TV movie starring Edward James Olmos.
The latest adaptation takes place in contemporary New York and is set in motion when four hijackers take over a subway train and hold the passengers for ransom.
David Koepp, who penned “Spider-Man 4″ for the studio, wrote the screenplay while Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch are producing through their Sony-based Escape Artists banner.
Sony will launch production in the first quarter of 2008.
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eoin said
September 24 2007 @ 12:32 pm
Nooooo… one of the most under-rated films of the 70s, an absolute gem with a delightful performance by Walter Matthau… once again something of quality is being raped by modern cinema. Tony Scott and his coked up direction, and Denzil can be good, but doesn’t have the inherent exhausted sarcasm to compete with cinema’s grumpiest old man. It’s a sad day today.
Peter said
September 25 2007 @ 6:04 am
Amen. This is going to be horrendous.