Simon Curtis, starring François Cluzet and Omar Sy, was about a wealthy quadriplegic who hires a street-wise minority from the projects as his caretaker.
Deadline reports that Neil Burger (The Illusionist, Limitless, Divergent) will direct Kevin Hart (Think Like a Man, Ride Along) and Bryan Cranston (Trumbo, “Breaking Bad”) in The Weinstein Company’s upcoming remake of the hit 2012 French comedy-drama The Intouchables.
Burger has also been writing Bride of Frankenstein, which has had Angelina Jolie circling to star.
Written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, it grossed over $425 million in theaters worldwide in 2012.