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Iconic blockbuster 'The Bodyguard' joins Hollywood remakes 

by REUTERS

LOS ANGELES Sep 16, 2021 - 11:19 am GMT+3
Whitney Houston performs at a concert in Earls Court Exhibition Center as part of "The Bodyguard World Tour," London, Nov. 5, 1993. (Getty Images)
Whitney Houston performs at a concert in Earls Court Exhibition Center as part of "The Bodyguard World Tour," London, Nov. 5, 1993. (Getty Images)
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The 1992 iconic blockbuster "The Bodyguard," starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, has joined a string of Hollywood movies getting a reboot.

Hollywood movie studio Warner Bros said on Wednesday that a reimagining of the romantic thriller is in development with a script penned by American playwright Matthew Lopez.

Lopez is the playwright behind the award-winning "The Inheritance," a two-part drama about gay men in New York a generation after the 1980s AIDS epidemic, that opened on Broadway in 2019.

No details of casting, plot or a potential release date were given but Warner Bros said that Lawrence Kasdan, the writer and producer of the 1992 film, will co-produce the new version.

Singers Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston, and actor Kevin Costner with his wife Cindy Costner attend 'The Bodyguard' Hollywood premiere at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, U.S., Nov. 23, 1992.  (Getty Images)
Singers Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston, and actor Kevin Costner with his wife Cindy Costner attend "The Bodyguard" Hollywood premiere at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, U.S., Nov. 23, 1992. (Getty Images)

Houston made her movie debut in "The Bodyguard," playing a singer who is protected from an unknown stalker by a former secret service agent played by Kevin Costner.

Despite being panned by critics at the time, it went on to become the second-biggest film at the worldwide box office in 1992, and Houston's rendition of Dolly Parton's ballad "I Will Always Love You" became a classic.

Houston drowned in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub in 2012 after a long history of drug addiction. She was 48.

"The Bodyguard" is getting a reboot following many other famous productions. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper starred in a 2018 remake of "A Star is Born," and new versions of sci-fi classic "Dune" and musical "West Side Story" are due for release later this year.

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