THOMPSON TO PEN MY FAIR LADY REMAKE

Last updated: Thursday, July 17, 2008

THOMPSON TO PEN MY FAIR LADY REMAKE

British actress EMMA THOMPSON has been commissioned to pen a screenplay for a MY FAIR LADY remake.

Emma Thompson at The Launch of Filmclub, a new national initiative to give children of all ages access to the world of cinema - Photocall. London, England - 12.06.08

The Howards End star won an Oscar for adapting Sense + Sensibility for the big screen and now she's tackling George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion musical.

But she admits the less-sweet version of the Audrey Hepburn movie musical won't be completed anytime soon.

She tells Parade magazine, "I'm a Luddite, and I write longhand with an old fountain pen."

That said, Thompson is the only person to have won Academy Awards for both acting and screenwriting.

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Source: WENN

| Thursday, July 17, 2008

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