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16.09.2021 / 03:19

Whitney Houston’s ‘The Bodyguard’ to Get Warner Bros. Studios Remake

is getting a remake. ET can confirm that Tony-nominated playwright, Matthew López, has been hired to pen a reimagining of the 1992 film, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, for Warner Bros.

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16.09.2021 / 01:55

Whitney Houston's Classic Film 'The Bodyguard' Is Getting a Remake

Whitney Houston’s crowning achievements in film is getting an update for modern audiences, courtesy of Warner Brothers.

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nypost.com

16.09.2021 / 01:33

Whitney Houston’s ‘The Bodyguard’ slated for remake

according to Variety.Matthew López, a Tony nominee for his play “The Inheritance,” which opened on Broadway in 2019, is working on a remake of the classic film for Warner Bros.Lawrence Kasdan of Kasdan Pictures, who was the writer-producer of the original film, and Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback are producing the new film. Rideback’s Nick Reynolds will executive produce.“The Bodyguard,” which also starred Kevin Costner, 66, was an instant hit when it debuted almost 30 years ago.

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etcanada.com

16.09.2021 / 00:43

Warner Bros. Plans To Reboot ‘The Bodyguard’ And Fans Have Mixed Reactions

“The Bodyguard” is the latest classic film to get a reboot and fans aren’t sure what to think.

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thewrap.com

15.09.2021 / 20:57

Remake of Whitney Houston’s ‘The Bodyguard’ Set at Warner Bros From Writer Matthew López

Variety first reported the news.

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deadline.com

15.09.2021 / 20:24

Warner Bros’ ‘The Bodyguard’ Reboot Taps Scribe Matthew López To Pen

Tony-nominated The Inheritance playwright Matthew López is writing the remake of Warner Bros’ 1992 blockbuster The Bodyguard. That pic starred Kevin Costner and the late Whitney Houston grossing $411M WW.

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variety.com

15.09.2021 / 20:01

Whitney Houston’s ‘The Bodyguard’ Gets Remake at Warner Bros. Written By Tony Nominee Matthew López (EXCLUSIVE)

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterMatthew López, the Tony-nominated playwright of “The Inheritance,” has been hired to write a reimagining of the iconic Whitney Houston film “The Bodyguard” at Warner Bros.The new project will be inspired the 1992 romantic drama, which starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. The original grossed over $400 million at the worldwide box office and has what is considered the bestselling movie soundtrack of all time, with several chart-topping original songs from Houston.Lawrence Kasdan of Kasdan Pictures and Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback are producing the new film.

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deadline.com

10.02.2021 / 22:01

Amber Ruffin Joins Broadway-Bound ‘Some Like It Hot’ Musical As Co-Writer

Amber Ruffin has joined the Broadway-bound team of Some Like It Hot as a co-writer of the film-to-stage adaptation. The host of Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show will partner with Tony nominee Matthew López on the new musical’s book.

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variety.com

10.02.2021 / 21:28

Amber Ruffin Joins Creative Team of ‘Some Like It Hot’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAmber Ruffin is partnering with Matthew López to adapt film classic “Some Like It Hot” for the stage. The new stage adaptation will also feature music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman, the team behind “Hairspray,” as well as direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, who previously guided “The Book of Mormon” to box office riches.

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thewrap.com

23.11.2020 / 22:14

Tennessee Williams Drama ‘Leading Men’ in the Works From ‘The Inheritance’ Writer Matthew Lopez

Variety first reported the news.

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variety.com

23.11.2020 / 20:42

‘The Inheritance’ Playwright Matthew López to Pen Tennessee Williams Drama for Searchlight, Produced by Luca Guadagnino and Peter Spears (EXCLUSIVE)

Angelique Jackson Matthew López, the acclaimed playwright behind “The Inheritance,” will bring the story of legendary dramatist Tennessee Williams to the big screen for Searchlight Pictures.López will pen a feature film adaptation of the novel “Leading Men,” which centers on the “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” scribe and his longtime partner Frank Merlo. The film is produced by Luca Guadagnino and Peter Spears, who previously teamed for “Call Me By Your Name.” This is Spears’ second Searchlight project, after Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” which won the Venice Golden Lion and TIFF’s people’s choice award.

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msn.com

15.10.2020 / 22:59

Tony awards 2020: unusual Broadway year leads to restricted nominations

Slave Play, about race, sex and trauma, score 12 nominations, including for best play where it will compete with The Inheritance, Matthew Lopez’s two-part saga about gay life which scored 11 nominations. The category also features The Sound Inside, Sea Wall/A Life and Grand Horizons.A truncated year on stage saw theatres shutter in March as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and as a result, many categories featured fewer nominees than usual.

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foxnews.com

15.10.2020 / 21:08

2020 Tony Award nominations announced with significantly fewer options due to the coronavirus

The 2020 Tony Award nominees were announced on Thursday, giving Broadway fans their first real dose of normalcy since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the theater industry until at least mid 2021. The sobering musical “Jagged Little Pill,” which plumbs Alanis Morissette’s 1995 breakthrough album to tell a story of an American family spiraling out of control, earned a leading 15 Tony Award nominations, including best musical alongside “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” and “Tina - The Tina Turner Musical.” “Moulin Rouge!” a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie about a turn-of-the-century Parisian nightclub, is nipping at “Jagged Little Pill’s” nomination heels with a total of 14 nods. “The Inheritance” by Matthew Lopez, meanwhile,

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deadline.com

15.10.2020 / 20:36

Tony Nominee Reactions: Thank You, Wear A Mask & Vote Biden

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticRefresh for updates Acknowledgements, thank yous, laments for shuttered theaters, pleas for racial justice and get-out-the-vote plugs (for one presidential candidate, anyway) are being offered by this year’s crop of Tony Award nominees.“The closing of Broadway theatres (indeed almost all American theatres) this year has left us without a vital resource to gather together and examine ourselves and our nation and has reminded us just how important live theatre is to our personal and civil lives,” said playwright Matthew López, whose The Inheritance was nominated in 11 categories.

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nypost.com

15.10.2020 / 19:58

Tony Award nominations 2020: The complete list

“The Inheritance” by Matthew López “Sea Wall/A Life” by Simon Stephens & Nick Payne “Slave Play” by Jeremy O.

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deadline.com

01.10.2020 / 19:36

Amazon Studios Strikes Overall TV Deal With Playwright Matthew López

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Matthew López, the playwright behind the hit Broadway play The Inheritance, has signed an overall television deal with Amazon Studios.The streamer has signed up the writer, who also wrote on Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama The Newsroom, to develop and create new projects.It is the latest overall deal for Amazon Studios, which in the last twelve months have signed up Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve McQueen, Gloria Calderon Kellett and Lena Waithe.López’s play The Inheritance, directed by Stephen Daldry, premiered at London’s Young Vic in 2018, transferred to the West End and opened on Broadway last year.

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variety.com

29.09.2020 / 20:12

Broadway’s New Voices on How Theater Can Change the World

Gordon Cox Theater EditorA while back, someone sent Katori Hall a link to her Wikipedia page, and Hall — the book writer of Broadway’s “Tina” and the creator and showrunner of Starz’ acclaimed series “P-Valley” — was surprised to see herself described as an activist.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: But really, she recalled during Variety’s “New Voices of Broadway” panel with fellow playwrights Jeremy O. Harris (“Slave Play”) and Matthew López (“The Inheritance”), it shouldn’t have come as a shock to her.

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variety.com

25.09.2020 / 00:26