Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox has given the go ahead to a remake of the classic musical Guys and Dolls, with Michael Grandage (Genius) set to direct from a script by Danny Strong (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay).
Based on Damon Runyon’s short stories and the 1950 stage musical, Guys and Dolls was previously adapted for the screen by director Joseph L. Mankiewicz and producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1955 and starred Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit, a gambler looking to set up an unlicensed game of craps. In order to do so, he makes a bet with acquaintance Sky Masterson (Marlon Brando) where Sky must take the girl of Nathan’s choosing to dinner in Havana, with Nathan nominating the wholesome missionary sister Sarah Brown (Jean Simmons).
Grandage has previously directed a West End stage version back in 2005, which starred Ewan McGregor as Sky Masterston and Douglas Hodge as Nathan Detroit.
Fox has held the rights to Guys and Dolls for several years now, and were initially planning to cast Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Detroit and Masterson, although it’s unclear whether they remain in the mix at this point.
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Originally published June 2, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
