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My Fair Lady remake with Knightley
Filmstalker — ... the musical itself still enjoys a stage run. Straight away there's the obvious comparison - Keira Knightley looks and can act very much as Audrey Hepburn did, and I'm sure that one of the first sentances in the conversation about a remake was "Hey, doesn't Keira Knightley look a lot like Audrey Hepburn? We could get her to do a remake of My Fair Lady!"...and so the idea was born. Still, it is probably a good idea. The question is how the remake is going to go. So far we know from Variety that they are going to keep the original setting of 1912 - ...

Sandler vs. Pandas. Trade Roughage 06/06/08
SpoutBlog — ... Serial Andrew Lloyd Webber enabler Cameron Macintosh will co-produce a remake of My Fair Lady, starring Keira Knightley in the Julie Andrews role. Though the producers say they’ll keep the story set in 1912, they’re not only calling it an “update”, but they’re planning on shooting the musical in actual London locations. ...

Links of the Week Ending June 7, 2007
The Moviezzz Blog — ... *Keira Knightley to star in a MY FAIR LADY remake? You know, I'm not all that appalled. She could make it work. ...