Skaarsgard & Bosworth join ‘Straw Dogs’ Remake

Remember ‘Straw Dogs’…? Really, you haven’t seen the classic 1971 film from director Sam Peckinpah? I’m hurt! I insist you go out right now and buy the Criterion DVD and watch it, then come back and read this post. Or, at least rent it from Blockbuster, but watch the original first… I beg you!

‘Straw Dogs’ is being remade. Yeah, another one. At least this one doesn’t look like it’s going to be a total waste. The remake is written and will be directed by Rod Lurie (The Last Castle) and will star James Marsden (X-Men) in this “re-imagining” of the original film.

Just added to the cast are Kate Bosworth (21) and Alexander Skaarsgard (Generation Kill). Skaarsgard is best known for his role as Erik, the 1,000-year old vampire sheriff on HBO’s insanely popular ‘True Blood’. The two will join Marsden as production is set to begin in August.

Marsden plays a Hollywood screenwriter who relocates with his wife to her hometown in Mississippi. Bosworth plays the wife, who left the South for LA. to become an actress and returns home so her husband can finish his script in quiet. Skarsgard plays her high school boyfriend, an ex-football hero who sees the return of his former girlfriend as a way to reclaim glory. – Variety

[source: Variety]