According to reports, producer Walter Parkes ("Men In Black 3") will remake director Carol Reed's "The Fallen Idol", originally written by author Graham Greene.Screenplay is by David Farr ("Spooks").
Parkes and partner Laurie MacDonald will finance the new film through their Parkes/MacDonald/Imagenation deal with the Abu Dhabi Media Company, in association with France-based rights holder Studio Canal.
"The Fallen Idol" (also known as "The Lost Illusion") was released in 1948, based on the short story "The Basement Room", by Graham Greene. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.The story is told through the naive eyes of a diplomat's young son, 'Phillipe', who idolises his best friend, the diplomat's butler 'Baines'. Baines has constructed a heroic persona, full of exotic adventures, that fascinates the boy. But in reality, the servant is stuck in a loveless marriage, while dreaming of happiness with a younger woman (whom he describes to Phillipe as his niece).
After Baines has an argument with his jealous wife, she falls from a landing to her death. Although her fall was in fact an accident, Phillipe believes that he has seen Baines deliberately murder her, and the boy's attempts to protect Baines when the police investigate almost lead to the butler's arrest.
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