Posted by | Ray Cornelius
THR has revealed that funnyman Kevin Hart is in talks to star in a remake of the 1974 classic film, Uptown Saturday Night.
We reported back in April of 2012, that Will Smith had initially acquired the rights to the film and was going to possibly star in a remake with Denzel Washington. Now it’s being said that Smith is going to produce the project along with Blackish creator Kenya Barris as the writer and Hart as one of the lead actors.
Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby in Uptown Saturday Night
Uptown Saturday Night starred Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby as two friends who visit a high-end, underworld nightclub where they get robbed and have to go searching for a winning lottery ticket. It also featured other TV and film icons as Harry Belafonte Jr., Paula Kelly, Rosalind Cash, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Calvin Lockhart and Roscoe Lee Brown.
The remake would be produced through Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment.
RC will keep you posted as this project continues to develop!
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