'Overboard' movie remake to feature both Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez

 

Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez have joined cast of Overboard, MGM's remake of the late director Garry Marshall's 1987 comedy starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. The movie is being re-imagined to focus on a spoiled playboy (Derbez), who hails from one of Mexico's wealthiest families. After falling off a yacht he gets amnesia, and a single mom convinces him that they're married.
In a statement Monday, MGM Motion Picture Group President Jonathan Glickman said, “The original Overboard was beloved and the only way to bring it back is to reinvent the story in a whole new way. Anna and Eugenio are two of the most charismatic forces in comedy whose take on the material will modernize the story for a whole new generation of moviegoers.”

Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg co-wrote and are co-directing the comedy. Production is scheduled to begin in May in Vancouver; a release date has not been set.