Colin Farrell In For 'The Beguiled' remake

 

Sofia Coppola is taking on a remake of The Beguiled, formerly a 1971 film starring Eastwood as a wounded Union soldier who finds refuge at a Southern girls’ school and causes havoc with the imaginations and libidos of the young women there. We’re getting reports that Colin Farrell is in talks to take on the Eastwood role in Coppola’s retelling of the story.

Based on Thomas P. Cullinan’s Southern Gothic novel, Coppola’s film has been rumoured since earlier this spring. Actresses including Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning have already been slated to star. Colin Farrell, should he ultimately sign on, would complete the picture, meaning that the remake would almost certainly go ahead as planned.

There’s no official start date for The Beguiled just yet, nor has the cast been officially verified but presuming that there are no hang-ups and things go ahead with this cast, we can expect to see The Beguiled coming to theaters at some point in 2017.