Wang Directing Latifah in "Last Holiday"
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:53 AM EDT
"Maid in Manhattan" director Wayne Wang is in early negotiations to shoot "Last Holiday", a comedy remake with Queen Latifah taking the lead role originally played by Alec Guinness.
In the 1950 British version, Guinness played an average man who, learning that he doesn't have long to live, cashes in everything he has to spend his dying days in a swanky resort where he is mistaken for a super-rich eccentric.
Wang, whose credits also include "The Joy Luck Club" and "Anyway but Here", attracted Paramount's interest because of his success at guiding actresses and his ability to bridge comedy and drama. Shooting is set to begin in the fall.
