I'm not as jazzed as everyone else seems to be about Deadline's report that 20th Century Fox is developing a remake of Guys and Dolls.��It was a great movie, but unless it gets a serious update in the writing department, I think it's too broad and antiquated to connect with contemporary audiences on a mass level. On the other hand, I totally agree that if the movie's going to have a serious shot at making it,�Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are about the best casting choices the studio could make. �(I'm expecting to hear Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway's names added to the mix any minute now, too.
By now, you've been reminded of Tatum and Gordon-Levitt's fleet-footed performance on the Oscars earlier this year, but here's further proof that JGL is a serious song and dance man. Gordon-Levitt paid homage to Donald O'Connor's great "Make'em Laugh" performance from the 1952 MGM musical Singin' In The Rain�when he hosted Saturday Night Live in 2009. �Check him out below:
Make 'em Gasp
If you don't think that was difficult, keep in mind O'Connor spent a week recuperating from carpet burns and plain old exhaustion after shooting the original and admittedly more strenuous version:
Top This
Top that, Tatum.
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