Channing Tatum reveals plans to remake Ghost more than 30 years after original: ‘I think it needs to change’-Rishma Dosani-Entertainment – Metro

Channing Tatum has revealed plans to remake Ghost (Picture: Mario Sorrenti/Vanity Fair)

Channing Tatum has confirmed that he is working on a remake of Ghost and we’re not sure we’re ready for it.

The classic film, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, was released in 1990 and instantly became a hit, blessing fans with one of the most romantic scenes in cinema history.

It followed the story of Sam Wheat (Patrick) who is killed in a mugging but his spirit stays behind to warn his partner Molly Jensen (Demi) that she is in danger – with the help of unwitting psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi).

Now, 33 years after viewers laid their eyes on that pottery wheel, Tatum has revealed that he has plans to remake the flick, with himself possibly in the main role.

In a new chat with Vanity Fair, which coincidentally took place at a pottery class, the Magic Mike star said: ‘Now I know why they put this in Ghost. This whole process is very, very sexual.

‘We have the rights to Ghost.

Channing spilled the beans on his hopes of remaking the classic (Picture: Mario Sorrenti/Vanity Fair)

His Vanity Fair interview took place at a pottery class of course (Picture: Mario Sorrenti/Vanity Fair)

‘But we’re going to do something different,’ he insisted, explaining that the original film included problematic themes.

‘I think it needs to change a little bit.’

Ghost sailed past the $500million mark at the box office when it was released in 1990 – and took home a string of awards at the time.

It landed five Oscar nominations, with Goldberg taking home her first Academy Award for best supporting actress.

However, noted casting director Janet Hirshenson let slip that it all could have been very different – as Swayze was 10th choice for the lead role.

Ghost hit our screens in 1990 and became an instant classic (Picture: Rex)

In a previous chat with Metro.co.uk, she explained director Jerry Zucker was eventually tricked into letting the Dirty Dancing legend audition in the first place.

‘Patrick Swayze… We did a lot of movies with Patrick, I loved him very much. And that was a crazy casting,’ she began, revealing that casting partner Jane Jenkins did most of the work. ‘Originally, we went and met with Jerry Zucker, because we read the script and several people could play various roles.

‘For Patrick’s part, the studio only wanted to make it with one of 10 box office actors. The 10th choice was Patrick, but Jerry Zucker didn’t want to cast him because he’d just seen Roadhouse, and didn’t think he was right.

‘He was Texan, and [the character] was supposed to be a banker. Jane said, “Well, there are Texans that are bankers, you know!” They kept saying no…’

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Janet remained coy on who those other nine actors were but explained that Jane came up with a plan to get Swayze the role.

‘Jane concocted a thing with Patrick’s agent, she made an appointment and Jerry went crazy,’ she continued. 

‘Jane and the agent planned it, so she called his agent and yelled at her, like “How dare you set this up?!” Then she [told Jerry], “I don’t know, he’s here… We’ve got to see him…”

‘So he came in and she read with him. It was the producer and Jerry, they came in and did the reading…. The producer was crying during the audition. At the end of the scene, Jerry Zucker jumped up and went, “Well that’s it!”’

And the rest is history…

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