Denzel Washington and Will Smith will working together in the remake of the remake of the 1974 film Uptown Saturday Night.
MTV's movie blog reports that the two will take over the roles originally played by Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. Timothy Dowling, writer of This Means War, will be working on the script for the new movie with David Dobkin attached to direct.
"The best way to describe it is a 'one crazy night' movie but it's not just one night," Dowling said. "Both of the main characters are blue collar guys, one doesn’t get a promotion, one’s business isn’t doing great, they go out for a night and get caught up in something they need to find their way out of. It’s similar in tone to The Hangover. I think it will be really fun."
Will Smith was a producer on This Means War with Dowling and he liked the script for that film so much that he brought him on for this latest project. Talking about Smith, Dowling said "He[Smith] and Denzel Washington grew up loving the original." He then added, "It’s been a fun one to write, I just turned it in. We’re all hoping it’s something [Washington] wants do."
In the interview with MTV news, the writer went on to say, "The funny thing is, Will is so funny but hasn’t done a comedy in a while and Denzel I don’t think has ever done a comedy. I think the pairing would be great."
