What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Remake On the Way — Let the Casting Speculation Begin

Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett? I'm so on the spot: "Walter Hill is planning to write and direct a remake of 1962’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, which was directed by Robert Aldrich and famously starred rival acting legends Bette Davis, as the former child star Baby Jane Hudson, and Joan Crawford as her crippled sister Blanche. [...] The announcement is sure to trigger lots of speculation over which current actresses can step into the roles so vividly created by Davis and Crawford. 'The two equal leads demand great performers – that is a given,' Hill said. 'The intensity of the gothic storyline makes a reconfiguration of the drama still a potentially searing experience. The idea is to make a modern film without modernizing the period. It needs to resonate the golden age of Hollywood.'" [THR]