“It needs to change a little bit”: Channing Tatum Acquires Rights To ’90s Cult-Classic Movie, Remake To Change the Story
Patrick Swayze’s Ghost is a highly acclaimed 90s cult classic. With 75% Rotten Tomatoes, the movie starring Demi Moore is an old-fashioned story that is worth the time of viewers. It’s a heart-melting romantic story of a couple Sam and Molly, where the former is killed and being a spirit tries to save the life of his lover, with a psychic’s help. The story is filled with action, mystery, horror, and simplistic romance. A remake of this cult classic is what Channing Tatum is thinking of.
As per recent news, Channing Tatum, the Magic Mike star wishes to remake the 90s box office hit Ghost. The rumors of Tatum securing the movie’s rights are confirmed by Vanity Fair. Channing Tatum seems more than attached to the film and Patrick Swayze’s character Sam.
Channing Tatum’s production company holds the rights to Ghost
The original Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore starring Ghost released in the 1990s is a groundbreaking movie with quite a new concept given the era. Demi Moore’s character Molly confronts the spirit world as her lover Sam (Patrick Swayze) gets murdered. Sam returns as a spirit to save Molly from the enemies. The cult classic consists few of the most iconic movie scenes along with some problematic stereotypes of the era. However, the movie was well appreciated by the viewers as well as the critics which gained it a 7.1 IMDb rating.
Rumors have it, the Last Dance star Channing Tatum’s production company, Free Association, has the rights to remake the movie Ghost. Tatum confirmed the news to Vanity Fair, about his production company owning the rights and him looking forward to making a remake of the classic movie.
“We actually have the rights…Yeah, we have the rights to Ghost.” Tatum shared with Vanity Fair. Discussing further his plans for the movie he shared “But we’re going to do something different, I think it needs to change a little bit”.
Channing Tatum seems excited about the Ghost remake
Tatum revealed in a playful interview with Vanity Fair that he is quite excited about his plans for the Ghost remake. He is looking forward to playing Patrick Swayze’s character in the remake. Tatum along with his team is rethinking the ways of making the remake better and well-appreciated in this day and age. An update to the classic won’t justify its true essence, however, Tatum thinks it’s important since the original had some stereotypical scenes that won’t be well-versed with the current audience.
The original movie Ghost was released in 1990 and made a whopping revenue of $500 million at the box office. With Channing Tatum‘s revelation about the movie, audiences are eagerly waiting to see what he does differently and in a better way to earn close to or even more revenue than the original.
It is going to be a real challenge, especially with the rumors of Channing Tatum’s production company thinking of a Ghost remake going viral over the internet.
Source: Vanity Fair
