Richard Shepard is set to continue working in awkward comedy formulas, after The Matador and The Hunting Party he’ll be taking on a remake of an Israeli film for Overture films.
Scripted by Daniel Taplitz and smartly re-baptized as The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, this is based on 1997 Israeli film “Mar Baum” (written and directed by Assi Dayan, son of the late Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan) and tells the tale of a man who, upon learning he is about to die, must decide whether to spend his limited time (92 minutes) rushing to get things done or slow down and enjoy his final moments. The project was kicking around since 2004 when Revolution Studios had optioned the remake.
