Thanks to S&A reader E Forde for cluing me in to this.

Her eminence Queen Latifah is apparently working on a remake of the 1974 blaxploitation classic, Truck Turner – a film I’ve coincidentally recently talked about on this blog, profiling Nichelle Nichols‘ unexpected, and riveting performance. The original starred Isaac Hayes as a bounty hunter with a bounty on his own head.

This is the first I’d heard of Latifah’s intent to remake the film, so I did some quick digging and learned that this has been in the works since 2004, when the project was apparently initially announced; although, not much else has been in the news since then.

Development limbo… nothing new in this biz.

The film’s IMDB PRO page says it’s in the script stage. But who knows how long it’s said just that. Chris Frisina is said to be writing the screenplay. He/she has no previous writing credits – at least according to IMDB PRO.

The updated take will reportedly pit Truck Turner against a 21st century crime syndicate out for his head.

At the moment, Latifah is listed as producer, but the initial articles said that she’d star in it. As who exactly, I don’t know. Unless the intent is to turn Truck Turner into Trisha Turner, making him a her, so that Latifah can play the role. The only other substantive role she could play is the one Nichelle Nichols portrayed in the original – Dorinda, the sexy yet tough madame out for revenge in the form of Truck Turner’s head. But I can’t see Latifah in that role – not as it was played by Nichelle Nichols anyway. I suppose they could rewrite the character to suit Latifah’s strengths.

No director, no other cast are mentioned.

What do you all think about this possibility?

Here’s a reminder of the original: