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Joe Wright Definitely Not Directing My Fair Lady Remake
Cinema Blend News —
... that Keira Knightley would star in a Joe Wright-directed remake of My Fair Lady , we were already getting conflicting reports that neither Knightley nor Wright had a thing to do with the movie. Now we have confirmation from one participant, at least. Screenrush caught up with Wright on the red carpet at the London Film Festival, and he assured them that the reports of him directing My Fair Lady are "all a lie." Interestingly, he couldn't say much about Knightley's participation-- "Keira might well do it"-- which probably mean the years-old reports about Knightley being ...
Joe Wright will not direct MY FAIR LADY remake
gordonandthewhale.com —
... who also penned NANNY MCPHEE and 1995’s adaptation of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY.
As far as Knightley’s involvement with the project, Wright commented, “Keira might well do it.” After his stern denial of his helming the project, a seemingly uncertain answer like that is nearly a golden guarantee that Knightley is still on board. Now that Boyle and Wright are both off the directors’ list, who would you like to see take over the project?
Source Screen Rush, via Cinema Blend
Wright not on My Fair Lady
Filmstalker —
... remake. He said it was all lies. He'd been asked about it and said no, and the whole process ran for a couple of days. In the story from ScreenRush through ...
Joe Wright Not Directing 'My Fair Lady'
Get The Big Picture —
... You can see in the video below (from Screenrush) that Wright isn't making the movie, plain and simple. It's a natural connection, though, because his first two films - Pride and Prejudice and Atonement - both starred Knightley. Plus, after the disappointing returns of The Soloist, Wright might have been reaching for a sure thing. ...
World War Z and My Fair Lady: Who’s On and Who’s Off?
/Film —
... Over in the rather more gentile, less flesh-eaty realm of My Fair Lady, there’s bad news for fans of Joe Wright, and straight from the horse’s mouth. Screenrush tagged him on the red carpet last night, as he was off to see Nowhere Boy, and asked for some Lady details. Here’s what he told them: ...
News Shorts: November 2nd 2009
Dark Horizons - General Feed —
... ""Atonement" director Joe Wright has denied reports that he's remaking "My Fair Lady", saying "It’s not happening. No. It’s all a lie. I kind of thought about for a couple of minutes and then decided not to do it and suddenly it got into the press that I was doing it"..." (full details) ...
