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September 27, 2004
Nancy Drew
I got a great idea while I was with Karen at the Mets game tonight. She was talking about how much she loved Nancy Drew books, and I was surprised that no one had made a movie out of it yet.
There are three ways you could pull one off:
1) Brady Bunch style, old meets new
2) Totally revamped for the modern era
3) Told true to the book
And that's what I'd love to do - a high quality version that's true to the book and time period, yet gives a huge addition of character and background. Tell it with the colors that are used on the covers of the books, and with all the stereotypical characters that were in the books, like her friends, and her boyfriend, and dad the lawyer. Maybe even throw in some sex!
Regardless, I think you could pull off a Pirates of the Carribean if you treat the subject matter truthfully yet playfully, give it some depth and a good story, and have some great casting. A young Nicole Kidman for Nancy, for example, would be perfect. Strawberry-blond hair, as Karen told me. Cool idea, and I think I just might buy some Nancy Drew books tomorrow at The Strand.
Posted by nick at September 27, 2004 03:45 PM
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Sounds great.
Posted by: Ren at September 27, 2004 10:41 PM
Ironic. I was in Wal-Mart the other day, heading toward the movie section to buy their cheapie DVDs, when I passed a row of books that instantly caught my eye.
HARDY BOYS and NANCY DREW books! Volumes of brand-new reprints and starter sets. Totally pulled me back to my days of reading her (and the Boys') adventures. Pure Americana. I also used to pour over the Three Investigators.
Anyway, I think a Nancy Drew big screen adventure is just waiting to be made. Incidentally, Pamela Sue Martin still looks hot today! A brief cameo would definitely be in order, no?
Posted by: Paul K. Bisson at October 1, 2004 10:22 AM
The amount of cool you can pump into Nancy Drew is limitless. Hardy Boys are restricted, cuz they're pretty much a gay incestual fantasy in the eyes of the jaded modern world, but Nancy is the modern tough, opinionated, and intelligent female protagonist. And doing that with a lot of style lends itself to countless injokes like that, which of course, the studio would never ever ever go for cuz you'd be playing around with something that's been in their care for generations, and they're terrified of fucking with it. Totally lame on their account!
Posted by: Nick at October 4, 2004 02:02 PM