Big Willie remaking French blockbuster WELCOME TO THE STICKS!
Published at: May 20, 2008, 2:45 a.m. CST by quint
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Looks like Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment and Warner Bros are giving French flick WELCOME TO THE STICKS the American remake treatment. The original flick has broken box office records in France, earning nearly $200 million. It follows a postal employee who is transferred from an ideal neighborhood to a rainy area referred to as The Sticks. He grows to love the community, of course. I'm sure Will Smith is eyeballin' the lead.
I'm not familiar with the original, but it sounds ripe for Americanization. I'll have to seek out the original. Thoughts?
