Rod Lurie’s remake of Sam Peckinpah’s ‘70s classic, Straw Dogs will be a reunion for Superman Returns co-stars Kate Bosworth and the already cast James Marsden reports Variety.
Alexander Skarsgård of HBO's True Blood series also joins the cast...
In the update Marsden plays a Hollywood screenwriter who relocates with his wife to her hometown in Mississippi.
Bosworth is his wife, who left the South for LA. to become an actress and returns home so her husband can finish his script in quiet.
Skarsgard plays her high school boyfriend, an ex-football hero who sees the return of his former girlfriend as a way to reclaim glory.
The original Straw saw Dustin Hoffman lead the way for Marsden to follow, while Bosworth – in the Susan George part – will have a scene that is sure to raise a few eyebrows.
Marsden and Bosworth fared pretty well as an on screen couple in SR--This will push that chemistry over the edge...
Big fan of the first version but really curious to see what the remake will bring.
Rod Lurie wrote the new script and will direct when shooting kicks off in August.
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