The film is also expected to be put together quickly, with an eight-week prep beginning almost immediately, sources said. Daily Variety columnist Michael Fleming reports that Imagine's Brian Grazer and director Gus Van Sant will have a summer start for their remake of Hitchcock's film, and the Variety column 'Dish' scoops the news about the offers made to what would be a star-studded cast. Vince Vaughn has been asked to play the ultimate mama's boy, Norman Bates, the role originated by Anthony Perkins. Nicole Kidman is mulling the prospect of playing the Janet Leigh role, although she's said to have scheduling problems. Boogie Nights Oscar nominee Julianne Moore has the offer to play Kidman's sister, who prods an investigation of her sibling's disappearance, and an offer is out to Fargo star William Macy to play the role of the police investigator who helps uncover the truth about Norman.
All parties are tentative.
Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho is now scheduled for release on December 4, 1998. The scooper also reports that Universal is putting a hold on all prints of the original and the first two sequels. Joe Stefano's original '60 script is supposed to be the one Van Sant is using. This scooper's heard everything's proceeding apace for filming to begin this month. Anne Heche lands the Marion Crane role.