Oscar winner Susan Sarandon may be looking to become a cattle baroness, according to THR.com. The former Not Mrs. Robbins is in talks to join the remake of 1960s Western sudser, The Big Valley, which was announced as a planned remake last year. Sarandon would take the role of Victoria Barkley, matriarch of a clan of upstanding Stockton, CA cattle folk. Hollywood icon Barbara Stanwyck originated the role. The Barkley family also included lawyer and eldest son, Jarrod (Richard Long in the original), hot -headed Nick (Peter Breck), brother from another mother, Heath (Lee Majors) and a fresh-faced Linda Evans as daughter, Audra. The original show ran from 1965 to 1969 and launched the careers of both Majors and Evans into bionicness and catfights with Joan Collins respectively.
The daughter of Big Valley creator, producer Louis F. Edelman, Kate Edelman Johnson, is producing with partner Daniel Adams, who wrote and will also direct. No other casting info as of yet. It’s hard to say what tone Adams will be taking with this remake, but it’s a cinch that it’s going to be a lot harder than the wholesome original, unless they’re shooting for the Nickelodeon crowd. Sarandon will next be seen in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
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There is a Sarandon's mighty cleavage joke in there, somewhere. It's a BIG valley, after all.
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The early episodes were not exactly wholesome, what with Heath being a bastard and a hint of incestual tension between he and Audra. Also, there was a fourth son named Eugene, who either died or was Chucked off to college after the first episodes.
as a "motherlover", i would love to play in Susan's BIG valley!!!
…and i say that with the utmost respect to Ms. Sarandon…not that i would kick Eva Amurri out of bed, but Eva's mom is so hot
Will this be in 3D? Will this be the movie that Hollywood uses as an excuse to say, 'the western is dead?" The western is not dead! But neither is boring bad movies that attempt to rewrite history and flop. That's why I hope this comes out before True Grit, because if this movie stinks hollywood cannot use it as an excuse to not make another western. And Jeff Bridges, and Cohen brothers is a pretty good bet that True Grit will be great.
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