Call this a remake, a reboot, call it whatever--I just call it a bad idea.
With the success of The Hobbit and Skyfall, MGM is once more trending in a positive direction. Apparently, they think this means it gives them the right to reboot one of the classics of American cinema--Ben-Hur. According to "Deadline" MGM just bought Keith Clarke's spec script about the titular Jewish prince. The script will apparently focus more on Lew Wallace's novel rather than the feud between Ben-Hur and Messala.
Look I understand wanting to re-make a film that's closer to the original novel than the first film. It worked well with True Grit. But this is a film that won 11 Academy Awards for crying out loud! Where does MGM get the balls to take on a project like this? Oh well let's hope the reboot is as good True Grit's was.
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