Resurrecting the Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp must’ve sounded like one of the all-time Hollywood no-brainers when it was pitched to Disney in 2011. After all, the mysterious masked man used to be the all-American icon with the greatest chase-music (“The William Tell Overture”), the greatest sidekick (Tonto), and the greatest catchphrase (“Hi-yo, Silver, away!”). Plus, though Depp is playing a boldly reimagined Tonto opposite Armie Hammer’s Ranger, he was reuniting with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the creative triumvirate that made Disney billions with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. But getting The Lone Ranger into...
- 7/2/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Jeff Daniels is in talks to star opposite Patricia Heaton in TNT's telefilm The Goodbye Girl, Neil Simon's updated take on his 1977 feature. Goodbye, from Warner Bros. TV and TNT, centers on the relationship between a dumped-on divorcee (Heaton) and an aspiring actor (Daniels) who become unwilling co-tenants in a New York apartment. The original film starred Marsha Mason and Richard Dreyfuss, both of whom landed Golden Globe awards and Oscar nominations for their performances. Dreyfuss won the Oscar. Simon is penning the remake and is executive producing with Ron Ziskin and Dave Collins, with Don Safran co-executive producing. Daniels most recently was seen in Stephen Daldry's The Hours, Clint Eastwood's Blood Work, the Civil War drama Gods and Generals and Super Sucker, which he also wrote and directed. He is repped by ICM.
Emmy-winning actress Patricia Heaton is in negotiations to star in TNT's telefilm The Goodbye Girl, Neil Simon's updated take on his 1977 feature, sources said. Goodbye, from Warner Bros. TV and TNT, centers on the relationship between a dumped-on divorcee (Heaton) and an aspiring actor who become unwilling co-tenants in a New York apartment. The original film starred Marsha Mason and Richard Dreyfuss, who landed Golden Globe awards and Oscar nominations for their performances. Dreyfuss won the Oscar. Simon, who won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination for his original Goodbye Girl screenplay, is penning the remake and is executive producing with Ron Ziskin and Dave Collins (Showtime's Stealing Sinatra) with Don Safran co-executive producing (HR 10/29). Heaton's role as no-nonsense mom Debra Barone on CBS' hit comedy Everybody Loves Raymond has earned her four consecutive Emmy nominations, with wins in 2000 and 2001. Her recent credits also include the CBS telefilm A Town Without Christmas. She is repped by UTA.
- 3/21/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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