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1 May 2001 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Danny DeVito is set to play the title role in a re-make of the classic 1941 comedy The Man Who Came To Dinner. The small-town yarn was originally directed by William Keighley for Warner Bros and starred Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Woolley. Woolley, a close personal friend of Cole Porter, reprised his Broadway role of a pompous critic who returns to his Midwestern hometown to accept an award. Things start going wrong when he goes to dinner with a wealthy local resident and is taken ill, and is forced to become an unwanted house guest. In the new version, the critic becomes an arrogant talk-show host. A film crew member says, "Danny has been dreaming about playing this part for many years. It is one of his favorites. Steven Spielberg thinks it could become a modern-day classic."

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