After 18 years and grossing over $411 million worldwide, Warner Brothers has decided to remake the 1992 romantic, box office hit film The Bodyguard. In the original film, Whitney Houston played a musician who hires Kevin Cosner’s character as her bodyguard. According to reports, the remake will have the same story line, but the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran:
The new version is similar, including the love story, but here the bodyguard will be a former Iraq war veteran who gets the job protecting the star as his first gig after leaving the Army. He discovers that the world of Twitter, Google Maps and TMZ has made access to celebrities easier than ever, making the job more difficult than ever. [Source]
It is said that ‘the goal is to take a young female singer with global appeal and give her the platform that The Bodyguard did for Houston.’ Rumor has it that Beyonce, Rihanna or Jennifer Hudson may be considered for the female role.
Who could you see playing the male and female roles?
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