Confirmed: Columbia Remaking Gary Marshall's "Overboard"

Confirmed: Columbia Pictures Remaking Overboard

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (17)

Back in December, we first reported exclusively that Columbia Pictures was remaking the 1987 Gary Marshall film, Overboard. We also reported that it was from a script by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage. That has been confirmed. At the time, there was an offer out to Katherine Heigl to take the lead in the pic. Heigl clearly decided against accepting that offer.

Instead, THR is reporting that Jennifer Lopez has decided to take the role originated by Goldie Hawn.

The end result, my guess, is that we’ll all probably start to appreciate Goldie Hawn a lot more after seeing J.Lo’s version. I mean, really? JLo? The original Overboard was throwaway fare — a great TBS Saturday afternoon offering. But with JLo?

That’s dispiriting.

For those unfamiliar, Overboard was a moderately successful 80’s comedy. Goldie Hawn starred as a brattish rich woman who falls off her yacht and is taken to the hospital by a local, morally challenged carpenter, played by Kurt Russell. When she wakes up with amnesia, he convinces her she is his wife, thereby getting a free housekeeper for his four boys.

Will Smith and his Overbrook production company are producing the remake. There’s no word on who the male cast member will be, though I do have to say, Matthew McConaughey fits the mold. But, didn’t he and Kate Hudson already remake Overboard and wasn’t it called Fool’s Gold?

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Gutter Shite. At least that pic of J.Lo sort of makes up for Cock photo elsewhere on the site.

Posted by: peanut at March 19, 2010 9:19 AM

Sometimes, I really hate Hollywood. That is all.

Posted by: Jen K at March 19, 2010 9:25 AM

Man alive I though that header pic was Jessica Alba. I had to stare at it for a long time to see JLo. Not, that that is bad mind you. I'd still hit that.

Posted by: Nimue at March 19, 2010 9:26 AM

Not that it makes too much of the difference, but Goldie's character was actually picked up by a garbage scow ("Hookah, Hookah means seal in Portuguese")- Kurt's character didn't take her to the hospital.

Posted by: Kim at March 19, 2010 9:42 AM

Aww, man! This is one of my favorite "randomly watch when it's on and I'm bored" movies! Why does JLo have to get all up on that? Son of a B!

Posted by: Katers at March 19, 2010 9:53 AM

I'm so happy JLo is back to her acting gig! I've missed you Jenny From The Block!

Posted by: admin at March 19, 2010 9:56 AM

I never saw the original film due to coming down with an attack of taste whenever I'd consider watching it, but isn't the premise -- a man convincing an amnesiac she's his wife -- kinda rapey? Especially when everything about it implies that she had it coming for being such an uppity bitch? At best, it seems like a pretty distasteful idea for a comedy.

Posted by: Craig at March 19, 2010 10:13 AM

I'm all in favor of JLo doing this as long as *SPOILERS* she goes overboard the way Naomi Watts did at the end of "Funny Games."

Heigl too.

Posted by: , at March 19, 2010 10:24 AM

Tofutti, where are you where I need you? Tofutti...

Posted by: the new transported man at March 19, 2010 10:29 AM

it seems like a pretty distasteful idea for a comedy.

Oh shit, here we go again

Posted by: Jay at March 19, 2010 10:36 AM

Craig - It was pretty much a family movie, and I don't recall any sexual content. The guy had done some work for the rich lady which she refused to pay him for, so he figured she could do some housework for him to even it out. In retrospect it's still kind of questionable, but I've always liked this movie. But it's hardly noteworthy enough that a remake is necessary and/or wanted. (Even by people who think remakes are ever necessary and/or wanted, which doesn't include me.)

Posted by: Todd at March 19, 2010 10:37 AM

Jay, this movie just crosses the line of taste. Kurt Russel basically BRAINWASHES her and KIDNAPS her, forcing her to act as slave labor to care for his vile children. And then she falls in love with him? Hellooo, can anyone spell Stockholm Syndrome?

Vile! Degrading! DISGUSTING! I cannot believe Hollywood has the gall to remake such horrid cinema! Anyone who watches this remake is a terrible person!

RABBLERABBLERABBLE!

Posted by: superasente at March 19, 2010 11:29 AM

J-Lo, stop trying to make your career comeback happen. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

Posted by: figgy at March 19, 2010 12:43 PM

Expressing disgust for the original Overboard requires nothing so precious and grandiose as the beloved misogyny card: you can cut this film to pieces with a much blunter knife than that and still have work left over for the next day. Saving the surgical instruments for finer meats than this.

I've been hoping for years that if Hollywood insists on continuing to put their weight behind remakes (spoiler: they do) that they go from remaking shitty old films into shitty new films and maybe try remaking shitty old films into good new films. It sounds like they're halfway there.

Posted by: laredo at March 19, 2010 12:47 PM

Actually, 'overboard' describes Jennifer Lopez in so many whys this might work.

Posted by: EricD at March 19, 2010 1:30 PM

ways*! Ways, damnit. fucking aliens need to get out of my head and stop messing with my typing.

Posted by: EricD at March 19, 2010 1:35 PM

Nimue, I actually thought that it was a pic of Thandie Newton. After staring at it for a few minutes, I kind of still see Thandie more than J.Lo...

Posted by: badkittyuno at March 19, 2010 1:56 PM

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