Death at a Funeral remake

Variety have announced that Chris Rock is looking to remake the 2007 British comedy Death at a Funeral in an Urban American context.

The remake will follow the plot lines of the original film with secrets being unveiled and strange situations unfolding at a family funeral.

Rock will both star in and co-write the film with writer Ayesha Carr.

No one has currently been named as director but, the project production is planned to begin next spring.

My personal opinion is that this probably won't be half as good as the original because of the American context. The beauty of Death at a Funeral was that it was packed with British humour, I'm just not sure it will translate to Urban America very successfully.