Give it up
Just stop everything now, don't remake this. It doesn't need to be remade. The 1973 one is good enough, we don't want a crappy remake, and yes it will be crappy!
shareI agree.
There's no commercial reason to remake it! It's not like this has blockbuster written over it.
The 1973 version is one of the best-made films with Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman. Both in their PRIME. Who could they possibly get to live up to those two on screen?
I always liked Steve McQueen. He was a good (but not great) actor.....more a movie star than anything else (which has it's own appeal, as well.) That said, I think that Papillon was that special moment when he touched greatness, and gave a performance well worthy of an Academy Award.
The idea of remaking this film that was perfectly done the first time around just makes no sense at all.