Channing Tatum has confirmed that he is working on a Ghost remake, which we are not sure we are ready for.
The classic film, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg, was released in 1990 and quickly became a hit, providing fans with one of cinema’s most romantic scenes.
It told the story of Sam Wheat (Patrick), who was killed in a mugging but his spirit stayed behind to warn his partner Molly Jensen (Demi) that she was in danger – with the help of an unwitting psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi).
Now, 33 years after viewers first saw that pottery wheel, Tatum has revealed that he intends to remake the film, possibly with himself in the lead role.
In a new chat with Vanity Fair, which coincidentally took place at a pottery class, the Magic Mike star said: ‘Now I know why they put this in Ghost. This whole process is very, very sexual.
‘We have the rights to Ghost.
‘But we’re going to do something different,’ he insisted, explaining that the original film included problematic themes.
‘I think it needs to change a little bit.’
When it was released in 1990, Ghost surpassed the $500 million mark at the box office and won a slew of awards.
It received five Academy Award nominations, with Goldberg winning her first for best supporting actress.
However, noted casting director Janet Hirshenson hinted that things could have turned out very differently, as Swayze was the tenth choice for the lead role.
In a previous interview, she revealed that director Jerry Zucker was eventually duped into allowing the Dirty Dancing legend to audition in the first place.
‘Patrick Swayze… We did a lot of movies with Patrick, I loved him very much. And that was a crazy casting,’ she began, revealing that casting partner Jane Jenkins did most of the work. ‘Originally, we went and met with Jerry Zucker, because we read the script and several people could play various roles.
‘For Patrick’s part, the studio only wanted to make it with one of 10 box office actors. The 10th choice was Patrick, but Jerry Zucker didn’t want to cast him because he’d just seen Roadhouse, and didn’t think he was right.
‘He was Texan, and [the character] was supposed to be a banker. Jane said, “Well, there are Texans that are bankers, you know!” They kept saying no…’
Janet did not reveal who the other nine actors were, but she did reveal that Jane devised a strategy to get Swayze the role.
‘Jane concocted a thing with Patrick’s agent, she made an appointment and Jerry went crazy,’ she continued.
‘Jane and the agent planned it, so she called his agent and yelled at her, like “How dare you set this up?!” Then she [told Jerry], “I don’t know, he’s here… We’ve got to see him…”
‘So he came in and she read with him. It was the producer and Jerry, they came in and did the reading…. The producer was crying during the audition. At the end of the scene, Jerry Zucker jumped up and went, “Well that’s it!”’
And the rest is history…
