In what is undoubtedly the greatest news I have read in some time Screen Gems is planning a hip-hop musical reimagining of Jane Austen's classic novel Emma for the bigscreen.
Contemporary-set tale, which takes place at an inner-city high school, revolves around a stepbrother and stepsister. The film will include at least 15 song and dance numbers.
Screen Gems head honcho Clint Culpepper said he came up with the idea for Emma, which will likely be redubbed Emme, after watching the musicvideo Lipgloss by Lil Mama, which is when I do most of my brainstorming concerning classic literature.
Culpepper also had this quote which makes absolutely no sense and yet is perfect at the same time.
"Now it's urban, this is the way it should be reimagined in the new millennium."
Instead of a remake, Screen Gems is referring to this as a remix (I am not making that up).
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Wow. WOW!!!!!
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