Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. This weekend the handsome bearded bear who calls himself Devin Faraci ran quite a juicy rumor over at CHUD regarding a remake of Carol Reed's brilliant noir THE THIRD MAN starring Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard and Orson Welles. CHUD's scooper claims that Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire will topline the movie, which is being written by EASTERN PROMISES scribe Steven Knight, but there's no info on who they would play. The Cotten role, that of a clean as a whistle man arriving in Vienna to take a job from his shadowy friend, Harry Lime (played by Orson Welles) only to find out upon his arrival that Lime is dead, is the bigger part, but the Welles role is the showy one. If I were a betting man (and I am) if this rumor pans out and we do see this announced officially we're going to be seeing DiCaprio in the Lime role. Maguire seems much more suited for the Cotten part. The Third Man is one of the all-time great flicks. I even own a 16mm print of this film I love it so much. The photography is some of the best black and white film ever shot and projected onto a movie screen, especially the sewer sequences. Click here to read the whole article over at CHUD! I'm not fond of the idea of remaking it, but if they have the right director I'll withhold any knee-jerking. -Quint quint@aintitcool.com Follow Me On Twitter
