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CAST AND CREW

Director

Martin Campbell

Cast (alphabetical order):

Naomi Watts

The Birds (remake)

Release Date: Unspecified Release - Wide Release
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Film Genre: Horror
Country: United States

The new version would be based on the short story by Daphne Du Maurier, to which Universal owns the rights and which inspired Hitchcock's movie. Tippi Hedren starred in the original thriller about increasingly vicious birds that terrorize a small town. It won't be the first time Universal, which was Hitchcock's home for the latter part of the producer-director's career, has been part of a remake of the master.

MOVIE NEWS ITEMS

2007-10-18
Variety reports that Naomi Watts will star and Martin Campbell is in negotiations to direct. Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller will produce through their Platinum Dunes shingle, while Peter Guber and Cathy Schulman are producing for Mandalay Pictures. Stiles White and Juliet Snowden wrote a version of the script, which is still being developed. New scribes may be brought on board.

2005-04-26
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Universal Pictures will remake the film through Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes shingle which is in negotiations to produce the film with Peter Guber though his Mandalay Pictures banner.