British tabloid The Sun reports (translation: take with a grain of salt) that Justin Timberlake has verbally agreed to star in Guy Ritchie’s remake of “Guys And Dolls.”
Ritchie and Timberlake, who know each other through the director’s ex-wife Madonna, reportedly “shook hands over a whiskey at the Punch Bowl pub in Mayfair on Monday night after discussing the blockbusters Guy has on the horizon” — namely his previously reported musical remake which will apparently star Ritchie’s go-to-man Jason Statham as the lead. Knowing the Sun, the two probably just shook hands to say hello and wildly extrapolated, but we suppose it’s possible.
Ritchie apparently “rates Justin as an actor…thought he was impressive in ‘Alpha Dog’ ” and believes the musician “would be ideal for ‘Guys And Dolls’ because he can act, dance and sing,” a source reveals.
While questions surrounding Ritchie’s initial reported interest in the musical are still unvalidated, we think the idea would be great for all parties involved and a real breath of fresh air. If “Sherlock Holmes” is even a hint of a success, the studio would probably lock the director in for a sequel, so what’s he got to lose? And in Timberlake and Statham, we think his potentially got two pretty good, viable leads.
Even if is all BS, an article with the nifty headline of “I’m your guy for ‘Guys,’ Guy” deserves a mention, right? The article also adds that a remake of the 1978 Richard Burton-starring war film “Wild Geese” is on Ritchie’s to-do list though its similarities to Sly Stallone’s “The Expendables” could possibly rule it out.