Thursday, September 30, 2010

Complete Strangers

A teen infused version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers On a Train," is on the way  according to Deadline.

"Teens on a Train" is a thriller that takes the premise which itself was based on a book by author Patricia Highsmith.


Like the novel and film classic with Farley Granger and Robert Walker, this version sees two strangers meeting on a train and agreeing to murder the person who’s making the other person’s life a misery. In this take however, it will be a young teenage boy and girl with the later turning out to be a "raving psychopath".

Richard Linklater's young romance drama "Before Sunrise" will also influence the pic.(??)

The idea came from a Hitchcock-style scriptwriting contest.

The film will be penned by Joshua St. Johnston,

With the legal case against the Shia Labeouf-led thriller "Disturbia" V "Rear Window" thrown out last week --This will undoubtedly lead to more Hitch retreads for a younger crowd...I say ugh Despite liking Disturbia

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