Spielberg Will Produce, Not Direct Matt Helm | /Film: "Over the past 12 hours a little speculation has emerged about the next directorial effort by Steven Spielberg. A report in Variety suggested he could be taking the reigns of Matt Helm. But there were issues with relationships between studios, as Matt Helm, based on Donald Hamilton’s 1960s counter-agent who starred in a series of 27 books, was developed by Dreamworks and orphaned at Paramount when the studios split last year. The idea of Spielberg taking on a modern version of the character was interesting, but now it seems he’ll only produce."
Hat tip to Jeff Segal.
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"Interesting" to whom? I can imagine few less well-suited to something like Helm than old Arrested Development, whose comic touch is so leaden that even the Dean Martin films might seem the height of wit by comparison.
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