A producer named Mark Headley has joined forces with Christopher Mitchum (son of Robert)and business partner Toni Covington to acquire the rights to HIGH NOON.

For those who've never seen it, HIGH NOON is the angsty 1952 Western starring Gary Cooper as a marshal whose town (and even his deputy) refuses to help him when badguys come-a-callin'. "High Noon" references the time a train conveying the villain will pull into town (the countdown to his arrival was critical to the movie's drama and tension).

HIGH NOON was very much a template for Peter Hyams' OUTLAND - the 1981 Sean Connery film which, while not officially a remake, was damn similar to the 1952 movie in many regards (even down to certain score elements).

Not familiar with producer Headley's work, I looked him up and found a slew of rather amazing titles to his credit, including NEON MANIACS, NUDIST COLONY OF THE DEAD (which I suppose brings new meaning to the term "stiffy"), and MALIBU SPRING BREAK.

More about the remake can be found in THIS HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ARTICLE.

The original movie was truly great - I'm assuming this represents Headley's big chance to front a (presumably) high-profile, non-schlocky project & it would be a damn shame to see the film screwed up. I guess the artistic & financial success of 3:10 TO YUMA brought this about?

As always, it's too bad The Powers That Be insist on falling back on remakes. There's a ton of unadapted western literature out there waiting to brought to the screen...as well as original scripts which have yet to be picked up.

Something tells me this project is never gonna shake out; we'll see...