After winning Sundance in 2008 with the acclaimed "Frozen River", filmmaker Courtney Hunt has finally selected her next project - "Human Resources" at Focus Features reports Variety.
According to Variety: Courtney Hunt has her next project figured out at Focus Features. She is currently writing the script for a remake of the 1999 French film, “Human Resources”.
The story involves a young man who returns to his hometown to take a management position at a local factory. When pushed to make personnel changes, he examine his feelings about what it means to be in management. Laurent Cantet, who was behind the fantastic Oscar-nominated The Class, directed the original.
Hunt's version will be set in contemporary America though will follow the original film's storyline.
Anyone who saw “Frozen River” knows that Hunt can take on any type of story and make it gripping. She could have done a lot of projects after the success of “Frozen River” so I’m glad she took her time and waited for something she really wanted to do.
This remake sounds as if it could end being a really great project, especially with adapting the script to a US location. With the economy and the job market the way it is, this script could turn out to be a pretty good allegory for what’s really going on today.
Stephanie Danan and Alain Chabat are producing.
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