Possible T-Hanks appearance alert
Zemeckis’ biography on IMDb notes that he has worked with a lot of famous faces, and makes a habit of working with a few.
58. WILSON
After working with him on ‘Forrest Gump’, Zemeckis frequently casts Tom Hanks, so maybe we can expect an appearance from the ‘Castaway’ star in the Hotel Excelsior.
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Christopher Lloyd, who worked with Anjelica Huston in ‘The Adams Family’, is also a serial collaborator of the director’s, and so could also be up for a role.
59. It’s shaping up to be a great team
Booked to produce is Guillermo Del Toro, also famed for his dark works including ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’.
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Del Toro’s last feature, ‘The Shape of Water’, bagged him Oscars both for Best Picture and Best Director, as well as a slew of other nominations.
60. Still an absolute sass-queen
Despite the stellar line up of off-screen talents, Anjelica Huston is firmly not convinced at the prospect of remake. Calling Roeg’s version the “ultimate” adaptation, she issued some words for the do over crew:
“Frankly, best of luck to them.”
Grand High Witch mike drop.
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