The Bodyguard is the latest beloved movie to get the modern-day remake treatment.
Plans for a new version of the 1992 Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner film have reportedly been in the works since 2011. The movie starred Costner as Frank Farmer, the titular bodyguard hired to protect Rachel Marron, an actress and musician played by Houston. Over the course of the film, Frank and Rachel fall in love, but they eventually realize that their romance could never work.
Though the movie was critically panned at the time of its release, it has endured as a classic thanks in part to its soundtrack, which featured Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton‘s “I Will Always Love You,” as well as “I’m Every Woman” and “Queen of the Night.” Two songs from the movie, “I Have Nothing” and “Run to You,” were nominated for Best Original Song at the 1993 Academy Awards. (They both lost to “A Whole New World” from Aladdin.)
In 2012, Costner revealed that there was originally supposed to be a sequel to The Bodyguard released in the 1990s — and Princess Diana was on board to star in it. “I said, ‘Look, I’m gonna write this part with you in mind. Is this something that you would like to do?’” he recalled. “And she said, ‘Yes, I do.’”
After the royal’s 1997 death, however, plans for the movie were scrapped.
Tony award-winning playwright Matthew López was attached to write The Bodyguard remake in 2021, with his version focusing on an up-and-coming Latina singer. In April 2025, however, it was announced Sam Wrench would be directing the remake based on a script by Juror #2 writer Jonathan A. Abrams.
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