WHAT?! Remake with Richard Gere

I kid you not. Marshall Garry (who directed Gere in Runaway Bride and Pretty Woman) is directing a remake of State of the Union, to be released next year. It will also star Annette Bening, in the Katharine Hepburn role.

If you are in disbelief like I was, check it out:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/garry-marshall-directing-gere-and-bening-in-capra-remake

I've gotta say, the 1948 version is good diverting fun, if mostly for the performances by Lansbury/Tracy/Hepburn and great dialogue - more than the ridiculous plot. But of all the Capra movies to remake - why this poor B list oldie about 1940s machine politics? How do you possibly update that to the present day? Every politician is having an affair, do we need a movie about it? I don't want to sit through a film with a John Edwards like protagonist.

So blah blah blah what a weird idea for a movie. But since it's apparently being made, who to cast in the Angela Lansbury role?