‘Force Majeure’ Is Already Being Remade
By Russ Fischer/March 27, 2015 6:00 am EST
THR reports that Searchlight just picked up the remake rights and already has Julia Louis-Dreyfus in talks to star. She would likely play a woman whose husband reveals a deeply selfish streak at the worst possible time — just as the family seems to be threatened by an avalanche — leaving her to figure out how to salvage the shreds of her respect for him as the rest of the family, and some of their friends, look on.
The original film is very heavy, but also quite funny. And while Louis-Dreyfus, who is also producing, is more known for TV comedy, the material in Force Majeure could be a great way to push the darker sides of her performances to the fore.
There’s no writer or director set for the Force Majeure remake at this point.
