MOVIES: "Uptown Saturday Night" Remake Starring Will Smith and Denzel Washington Is Planned!
Adam McKay, director of recent comedies such as Anchorman and Talladega Nights, is planning on signing on to direct a remake of 1974′s Uptown Saturday Night which starred Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. This time around, McKay wants to snag Will Smith and Denzel Washington in the starring roles. The 1974 comedy starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier as pals who visit an illegal nightclub, and are forced to hand over their wallets to thieves. Turns out one of them contains a winning lottery ticket, emboldening the duo to bump up against the criminal element to get back the wallet. There are plenty of remakes that elicit groans. If this package comes together (Smith and Washington have long wanted to work together), with McKay's comic sensibility, this redo could be exceptional. The original cast was lined with the likes of Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson and Richard Pryor, and the remake could follow suit by star-casting the supporting roles.
