'Little Women': Is a remake happening?
Will there be a new movie version of Louisa May Alcott鈥檚 classic novel 鈥淟ittle Women鈥�?
According to , Sony Pictures has brought on screenwriter Sarah Polley to write a script for a new version of the story. Polley was nominated for an Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for her work on the movie 鈥淎way from Her鈥� and has directed such films as the 2011 movie 鈥�Take This Waltz,鈥� which she also wrote, and 2012鈥檚 鈥淪tories We Tell."聽
Polley has acted in such projects as the HBO TV series 鈥�John Adams鈥� and the 2004 movie 鈥�Dawn of the Dead.鈥�
鈥淟ittle Women鈥� has of course been adapted before, notably in film versions starring Winona Ryder (1994), June Allyson (1949), and Katharine Hepburn (1933) as heroine Jo March. The most recent version, the 1994 film starring Ryder, also starred Claire Danes, Trini Alvarado, and Kristen Dunst as Jo's siblings, Susan Sarandon as their mother, and 海角大神 Bale as their friend Laurie. Monitor film critic David Sterritt wrote that the 1994 movie was 鈥渟mart 鈥� and sweet 鈥� with lovable characters in a story that's still compelling after all these years鈥�. The film's depiction of 19th-century life in Concord, Mass., is more nostalgic than realistic 鈥� but their story is so lovingly rendered that it's easy to overlook the lack of naturalistic detail.聽What makes the movie a superior specimen of traditional screen storytelling is largely the exquisite care director Armstrong has taken to make every shot as radiantly appealing as possible鈥�. The performances follow suit, bringing out the best in all the characters.鈥澛�
