ALFRED Hitchcock’s classic “The 39 Steps” is set to get a makeover. Carlton America, which owns rights to the flick, has hired Robert Towne to rewrite and direct the 1935 thriller which starred Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll and Lucie Mannheim. Towne’s credits include “Mission Impossible: 3” and “Chinatown.”
While 39 Steps was great, I don’t know that it needs a remake. I’d rather see an update of Hitchcock’s underrated “Saboteur.”
By the way: “Mission: Impossible 3”? After MI confused most of the audience and MI2 was a mishmash of action? (Kurt Belcher believe this may be a typo for M:I2)