
What a mess! On one side we have a 2010 Canadian indie
Good Neighbours, directed by
Jacob Tierney, with Jay Baruchel, Anne-Marie Cadieux and Diane D'Aquila in the leading roles. On the other side – we have
The Good Neighbor, (apparently an upcoming remake of the Tierney's movie) which already has director
Stephan Rick on board, and
Sam Rockwell in negotiations to play the male lead.
The news comes from
BD who report that
Ross Partridge is in charge for the
The Good Neighbor script, and that an offer has been made to
Sam Rockwell although he's yet to be attached.
The new version should center on a journalist named David, who becomes close with his new neighbor, Robert.
The night goes out of control when David accidentally kills a young woman. Robert is already willing to protect his new friend, and helps hides the evidence. Things get strange when Robert will stop at nothing to keep his new friend from being taken away.
This sounds like a pretty good story, but as I said at the beginning – we're still confused with the whole thing.
First, because
Stephan Rick already has a movie titled
The Good Neighbour (you can read the story on their
official website), and second – because the above mentioned (new) plot has nothing to do with
Jacob Tierney‘s movie which revolved around a series of unsolved murders that raised suspicions among the residents of a Montreal apartment building.
So, the real question is –
which one is getting a remake?
Guess they're talking about a US remake of Rick's
The Good Neigbour after all…
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