The American remake of Another Round still has Chris Rock attached to direct, but it’s taken a while to find a new writer for it.
Pretty much since the superb Another Round first landed back in 2020, there’s been chatter about an American remake of the film. Starring Mads Mikkelsen and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, the comedy drama won an Oscar and rightly so. Considering the themes the film deals with, it’s astonishing it’s such an accessible and hugely entertaining film.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s company Appian Way swooped in quickly for the remake rights to the movie, and he’s going to be producing the new film. That deal was done a few years ago, but finally, there may be some sign of momentum here.
That’s because the new Another Round attracted the interest of Chris Rock, who signed up to direct the movie way back at the start of the year. Even so, since then there’s been the problem of nailing the script. Stuart Blumberg had penned the most recent draft of the film, but the search had been on for a fresh writer to work with Rock on the screenplay. It sounds like we’re some way away from a shooting script.
That search for a screenwriter has delivered Proof scribe David Auburn, who’s been hired to write a new draft of Another Round. Presumably, while he does that, Rock will press ahead and direct another project he’s been working on, Misty Green. It means Another Round will take its place in the queue for the minute, and even if everyone got a crack on, it’ll do well to be filming in the back end of next year.
Still, the original movie – something of a modern classic – is very much out there, and it’s going to be hard to improve upon. If you’ve not had the pleasure, do seek it out. In the meantime, as and when we hear more of the new Another Round, we’ll let you know…
