OMG, this is so AWESOME! We just got word that 9 to 5 is being remade with Rashida Jones. Jones will star alongside two other women who have yet been named. While the original comedic trio, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton are ready to return.
Read on for more details on 9 to 5 getting a remake starring Rashida Jones, who will also be penning the revamped version…
With all the things happening behind the scenes in the entertainment industry, bringing 9 to 5 back is the smartest thing we’ve heard.
The next thing we are loving is that Rashida Jones will pen and star in the remake. We just hope she gets that right cast of odd to star along with her. CelebNMovies247.com dream cast for 9 to 5 would be Rashida Jones, Tiffany Haddish, and Emma Stone. The three are perfectly odd to make the movie work.
Why is now a good time for 9 to 5?
Has anything changed for women in the work place regarding the male chauvinist premise from 1980 to the #MeToo movement? NOPE!
CelebNMovies247.com has also learned that 2oth Century Fox remake of 9 to 5 is in the early stages of a new version that would focus on three young women dealing with sexism and chauvinism in the workplace, according to Deadline.
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Sources said that there are early talks for creator Pat Resnick to team with a young writer and actress-scribe Rashida Jones is the one they want. They want to recreate the movie and make the concept relevant to a young comedy audience.
9 to 5 remake details:
The film will be produced by 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Resnick and Jonathan Baruch of StoryBy Entertainment. The original 1980s 9to 5 starred Fonda, Parton, and Tomlin alongside Dabney Coleman, who played a sexist, narcissistic, lying bigot boss. Sounds like most male bosses of today.
Women have come a long way in the workplace, but the same problems are still relevant, just the job titles are different. Back in the 80s Fonda, Parton, and Tomlin played secretaries who watch themselves passed over for promotions, and their ideas stolen in a culture of rampant sexual harassment. After the boss blackmails one of the women (played by Parton) into sleeping with him, she instead shows up with her cohorts. They kidnap the boss and keep him tied up as the uncover his embezzlement scheme and a way to cash in.
9 to 5 was a huge hit, fueled by Parton’s theme song that was one of the biggest hit records of the decade. The movie was turned into a 2009 Broadway musical.
