{"id":21847,"date":"2024-02-05T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21847"},"modified":"2024-02-05T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T23:13:00","slug":"j-c-chandor-to-direct-tv-reboot-of-coppolas-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21847","title":{"rendered":"J. C. Chandor to Direct TV Reboot of Coppola&#8217;s &#8216;The Conversation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>\u00a9\u00a02003 &#8211; Paramount Pictures All Rights Reserved<\/p>\r\n<p>Francis ford Coppola\u2019s 1974 film <em><strong>The Conversation<\/strong><\/em> is being revived as a television series to be written and directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=J.C.+Chandor\">J.C. Chandor<\/a>. The remake of the iconic film is being developed by Paramount via the MRC studio, which has optioned the TV rights from the Coppola estate. Chandor will be directing the project under the aegis of his CounterNarrative Films entity.<br \/><br \/>Casting for the new television series has not yet been announced, though rumors are swirling that <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=Aubrey+plaza\">Aubrey Plaza\u00a0<\/a>has been asked to contemplate playing the lead role, reversing the gender dynamics of the production\u2014the original 1974 film starred Gene Hackman as surveillance expert Harry Caul.<\/p>\r\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/news\/breaking-news\/coppola-the-conversation-series-remake-jc-chandor-1234950888\/\">IndieWire<\/a>, here\u2019s the synopsis for the TV remake of one of Coppola\u2019s most critically acclaimed cinematic works: \u201cBased on Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s seminal 1974 film, \u201cThe Conversation\u201d follows luddite Harry Caul, a surveillance specialist obsessed with privacy, as she becomes entangled in a corporate espionage mystery that is bigger than she ever imagined. As she gets deeper, the surveillant becomes the surveilled, and she\u2019ll have to step outside of her reclusive life and make the personal connections she\u2019s been avoiding to find answers, and save herself.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Coppola\u2019s original film won the Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes, and . <em><strong>The Conversation<\/strong><\/em> was nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Sound Design. Chandor most recently directed the Sony Marvel movie<em><strong> Kraven the Hunter<\/strong><\/em>, which is scheduled to debut on August 30, after delays caused by the Writers Guild strike. The director also helmed <em><strong>Margin Call, All Is Lost, Triple Frontier,<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>A Most Violent Year.<br \/><\/strong><\/em><br \/>The 50-year-old Chandor had originally directed commercials. He first came to the attention of the viewing public in 2011 when his first feature, <em><strong>Margin Call<\/strong><\/em>, debuted at Sundance and was nominated for a Golden Bear award at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. His second feature, <em><strong>All Is Lost<\/strong><\/em>, was released in 2013, starring Robert Redford in a film with little dialogue.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9\u00a02003 &#8211; Paramount Pictures All Rights Reserved Francis ford Coppola\u2019s 1974 film The Conversation is being revived as a television series to be written and directed by J.C. Chandor. The remake of the iconic film is being developed by Paramount via the MRC studio, which has optioned the TV rights from the Coppola estate. Chandor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20452,7884,3784,20453,20449,8709,20451,11982,20450],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>J. C. Chandor to Direct TV Reboot of Coppola&#039;s &#039;The Conversation&#039; | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"J. C. 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