Actor and writer Ben Schwartz has been hired to write the remake of the 1991 comedy "Soapdish says The Hollywood Reporter.
The original film followed the behind-the-scenes chaos at a popular daytime soap opera where the aging 'Queen of Daytime' Celeste Talbot (Sally Field) finds her life turned upside down by an ambitious producer (Robert Downey Jr.), a jealous actress (Cathy Moriarty), and both her niece (Elisabeth Shue) and her ex-flame (Kevin Kline) who end up working on the show. Whoopi Goldberg, Carrie Fisher, Teri Hatcher, Kathy Najimy and Garry Marshall also starred in this comedy romp.
Though it earned only $18 million in the US, the comedy pulled in a strong $68 million in international territories - not bad considering it cost a mere $7 million to make. It's also a film that's actually improved with age thanks to its often outlandish story seeming much more realistic considering how even morefar fetched daytime soap operas seem today.
Aaron Spelling and Alan Greisman produced the original
Greisman will once again serve in that capacity on the update along with Rob Reiner
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