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When a film about a petty criminal who was wrongly convicted of murder and banished to a desert island colony was released in 1973, it instantly earned a place in movie folklore for the phenomenal on-screen chemistry between its two stars, Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. Now, 35 years after the two screen convicts plotted and schemed to escape their destinies, Hollywood film producers have turned their attentions to making a modern-day version of the classic, Papillon. The film, adapted from the autobiography of Henri Charriere, is to be remade by the Los Angeles producer, Branko Lustig, responsible for films such as Schindler's List and Gladiator, and John Kelly, who made The Black Dahlia. He will team up with the Spanish production company, Atlantia Canarias. The backers have a budget of US$90 million ($120.85 million),... [read full story]
