Hollywood remakes—be they sequels or reboots—are so extremely in vogue that they verge on being among the only movies that seem to get made these days. So it makes sense that Drew Barrymore is soft-pitching a remake of the 1992 cult classic dark horror comedy film, Death Becomes Her.
Speaking on her eponymous talk show, Barrymore said she wants to work with friends Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler to revive a bunch of older films. And chief among them is Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis’ Death Becomes Her.
“We’ve batted around some ideas,” Barrymore said. “As a joke, we say we’ll make the Three’s Company movie, but I’m really bullish on Death Becomes Her, a remake of that.”
The original movie, starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis, followed two women tasked with figuring out how to be immortal and constantly needing to do maintenance on their increasingly decrepit bodies. For all intents and purposes, Death Becomes Her, as Entertainment Weekly notes, was The Substance before The Substance was a glint in director Coralie Fargeat’s eye. And just like The Substance took home several awards last season for its makeup and visual effects, Death Becomes Her also bagged an Oscar for its visual effects. The film was later adapted into a Broadway show, fully solidifying its cult classic status.
Unlike Sandler, who’s been deep in breathing fresh life into his own classics, including Happy Gilmore 2 on Netflix, Barrymore’s hope to remake Death Becomes Her has yet to manifest beyond the “wouldn’t it be neat if” phase. Regardless, her desire to remake the film is as good an excuse as any for fans to check out the original (which we included in our 12 sci-fi fantasies you’re due to rewatch recommendations) and discover why it remains so potent to this day.
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