My Fair Lady Set For Remake?

Everybody likes a musical…don’t they? It seems Columbia Pictures and Brit helmer John Madden do. Variety report that My Fair Lady is looking a likely prospect for a shoot in 2010. It has been over forty years since Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn warbled through George Cuckor’s classic – and everybody knows nothing is sacred in Hollywood.

It seems things are gearing up for a re-hash, remake, re-imagining, etc. Rumour has it (which means little) Keira Knightley is circling like a shark around the role of Eliza Doolittle. It won’t be anything too radical with Duncan Kenworthy and John Madden steering the project. At one point, Baz Luhrmann was attached.

The producer and director are location hunting for period London buildings circa 1912. The new version intends on sticking close to the original play by George Bernard Shaw than the 1964 film. If there are any worries Knightley can’t sing, neither could Audrey Hepburn (whose singing voice was somebody else’s entirely). Magic of the movies, uh? As a bit of fantasy casting: how about Colin Firth in Rex Harrison’s old role? That actually wouldn’t be much of a stretch. He’d be perfect for it. Although super-posh Knightley playing a Cockney could be appalling.

Tags: John Madden, Keira Knightley, My Fair Lady, remake