Channing Tatum has revealed that he plans to play Patrick Swayze’s character, Sam Wheat, in a new version of Ghost.
Talking with vanity fair On Tuesday, the 42-year-old actor confirmed that his production company, the Free Association, has the rights to the 1990 classic.
Starring on the cover of the magazine’s February issue, he explained: ‘Actually, we have the rights. Yes, we have the rights to Ghost!
Exciting: Channing Tatum has revealed that he plans to play Patrick Swayze’s character, Sam Wheat, in a remake of Ghost on Tuesday.
But we are going to do something different. I think he needs to change up a bit,” Channing added before saying that he is looking forward to playing the role of Patrick.
He went on to explain that the original “contained some problematic stereotypes” like many other films of its time.
Ghost tells the story of Patrick’s character, Sam, killed by a thug and his danger, leaving his girlfriend Molly, played by Demi Moore, in danger. Sam enlists the help of a psychic, played by Whoopi Goldberg, to help warn Molly that she is at risk.
Redo? Speaking to Vanity Fair on Tuesday, the actor confirmed that his production company, the Free Association, has the rights to the 1990 classic (Patrick Swayze in Ghost, 1990).
It comes after Whoopi hinted that racism affected the success of Ghost, after the 1990 film was hailed as the “blockbuster that Hollywood forgot.”
The 64-year-old star, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role, responded to an article in Forbes magazine, which discussed how the smash hit got “no sequels or spin-offs, nostalgic reissues, rip-offs.” or imitations”.
When the publication issued comparisons between less successful films that received more subsequent fanfare, Whoopi mused, “We were such a mixed cast, and it makes you wonder, you know why no one wanted to celebrate?”
New project: Starring on the cover of the February issue of the magazine, he explained: ‘Actually, we have the rights. Yes, we have the rights to Ghost!
Forbes listed movies less commercially successful than Ghost, including Aladdin, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Beverly Hills Cop, Twister, Mission: Impossible and Toy Story, noting that they have left a bigger legacy.
The story stated: “This original, non-franchise, PG-13, supernatural romantic thriller directed at women was far more successful than the deluge of action movies and fantasy properties of the ’80s and ’90s that now make up our nostalgic pop culture.” “.
Speaking to Deadline after the Forbes article was published, Whoopi reflected on why the film was less successful, since it introduced race into the plot.
A Long Time Ago: Ghost tells the story of Patrick’s character Sam, killed by a thug and his peril, leaving his girlfriend Molly, played by Demi Moore, in peril. Sam enlists the help of a psychic, played by Whoopi Goldberg, to help warn Molly that she is at risk.
She said: “When I was reading it and reading how much money it made, and how it had been bigger than all these other movies, I thought, but (Forbes) is doing the same thing that other people have done…
“They sort of denigrated the fact that this was a great movie, and it was also a lot of fun, and in part, I did.” And we were a very heterogeneous cast…
“It makes you wonder, you know, 30 years later, was it because we were a mixed cast that nobody wanted to celebrate, the way that, you know, if it had been any other cast that turned out to be maybe all white, people would Could I have celebrated?
Different? It comes after Whoopi hinted that racism affected the success of Ghost, after the 1990 film was hailed as the “blockbuster that Hollywood forgot.”