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'Girl on the Train' writer to work on 'Indecent Proposal' remake
"The Girl on the Train" writer Erin Cressida Wilson has been tapped to work on an "Indecent Proposal" remake.
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A still from 'Indecent Proposal'. (Paramount Pictures/File)
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ilm studio Paramount Players is set to produce a remake of Indecent Proposal and has tapped The Girl on the Train writer Erin Cressida Wilson to create the script.
Based on Jack Engelhard’s novel, the steamy drama follows a financially strapped married couple that succumbs to accepting a US$1 million offer from a wealthy admirer in exchange for the chance to sleep with the wife. Conflict arises when the young husband grows jealous and cannot handle the results of the bargain, putting his marriage at risk.
Indecent Proposal starred Robert Redford as the billionaire, and Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson as the wedded couple.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie was a box-office hit, grossing over $266 million on a budget as little as $37 million. However, it received mixed reviews from critics, as well as seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations, including for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, Worst Actor and Worst Actress, with Harrelson winning the Worst Supporting Actor Award.
The new take on the 1993 film has not been unveiled, but Wilson has proven herself more than capable of crafting relationship and sexual politics-related plots, with notable credits including Secretary, Chloe and The Girl on the Train. (saz/kes)
