Whitney Houston’s iconic movie The Bodyguard is ‘getting a remake’, for some reason

The Bodyguard could be getting a remake (Picture: Rex)

Today in ‘quite unnecessary movie remake’ news, The Bodyguard is reportedly set to be getting the remake treatment.

The 1992 drama featured Whitney Houston in her first acting role as a music superstar and Kevin Costner as the former secret service agent hired to protect her.

It was a global hit and its soundtrack is one of the best-selling in movie history, thanks to karaoke classics including I Will Always Love You and I Have Nothing.

A reimagined version is in the works, with acclaimed playwright Matthew Lopez writing the script, according to Variety.

It is said to be in development at studio Warner Bros.

No casting choices were announced, but whoever is cast will have seriously big shoes to fill.

The movie’s soundtrack was a huge hit (Picture: Warner Bros/Regency/Canal +/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

Houston, who died aged 48 in 2012, played actress and singer Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard, with Costner’s Frank Farmer gets hired to protect her from a stalker.

However, as movies superstars and bodyguards are ones to do, the pair fall in love.

The Bodyguard was dismissed as cheesy and melodramatic by critics upon its release and received seven nominations at the Golden Raspberry Awards, the parody ceremony recognising Hollywood missteps.

The nods including worst picture, worst actor for Costner, 66, and worst actress for Houston.

Despite the critical mauling, The Bodyguard has proved to be enduringly popular with audiences, and the soundtrack won the Grammy Award for album of the year, as well as becoming the best-selling soundtrack album of all time, with 45million copies sold worldwide.

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As well as I Will Always Love You – a cover of the Dolly Parton song – and I Have Nothing, the soundtrack contains songs like I’m Every Woman, Run To You and Queen of The Night.

The movie was also developed into a stage musical in 2012 in London’s West End, and stars including Alexandra Burke and Beverley Knight have played the role of Rachel.

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