Going In Style

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Zach Braff In Talks For ‘Going In Style’ Remake

Zach Braff is in talks with New Line to direct Going In Style, the remake of the 1979 caper pic.

The original starred George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg as geriatrics who are bored with their lives and decide to knock off a bank. The remake has a script by St Vincent writer/director Ted Melfi. Donald De Line is producing on board to produce. Tony Bill, the producer on the original, will executive produce.

Braff is coming off Wish I Was Here, the film he wrote/directed and starred in, with fundraising help from Kickstarter. He’s repped by CAA and Management 360.

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Dustin Hoffman in Talks to Join Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine in ‘Going in Style’

Dustin Hoffman is in talks to join Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine to star in New Line’s remake of the 1979 George Burns caper comedy “Going in Style.”

New Line is also eyeing Zach Braff to direct as a possible replacement for Ted Melfi, but negotiations are not under way. Braff directed the Kickstarter-funded comedy “Wish I Was Here.”

New Line is planning a spring shoot. Warner-based Donald De Line is producing and Tony Bill, who produced the original film, is executive producing.

The 1979 pic also starred Art Carney and Lee Strasberg and followed three retirees who wear Groucho Marx glasses to execute a bank heist. Directed by Martin Brest, the film was a solid performer for Warners with $30 million at the box office.

Caine and Hoffman have each won two Oscars while Freeman has won one. Caine is currently in “Interstellar,” Freeman was in “Lucy” and “Dolphin Tale 2″ and Hoffman was in two films at the Toronto Film Festival: “Boychoir” and “The Cobbler.”

Hoffman is repped by WME.