One of my favorite new shows is Netflix’s “House of Cards.” Not only is it riveting television, but it’s beautifully shot.
Big news comes courtesy of TheWrap, who reports that “House of Cards” director James Foley is in negotiations to direct an homage to the 1990 cult classic Jacob’s Ladder for Mickey Liddell’s LD Entertainment.
Adrian Lyne directed the original 1990 drama from a script by Bruce Joel Rubin. Tim Robbins starred as a haunted Vietnam vet who attempts to decipher his past as he suffers from increasingly bizarre hallucinations. It featured a twist ending that helped seal its fate as a cult classic.
The untitled paranoid thriller that Foley is developing is less a remake than a contemporary homage (LOL, nice try!) to the original Jacob’s Ladder that introduces new situations and characters, though it will pose similar existential questions regarding life, death, reality and perception.
Liddell and LD Entertainment’s Jennifer Monroe are producing the project with Michael Gaeta and Alison Rosenzweig. Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train) wrote the script, which has changed since the initial draft penned by Jake Wade Wall (When a Strange Calls).
