It's nowhere near a done deal -- especially considering Madonna's track record on the big screen -- but Madge wants her next movie to be a remake of Casablanca, set in modern-day Iraq.
The singer, whose previous film career has been littered with critical and commercial turkeys, is also planning to take the lead role of Ilsa Lund, which originally made a star of Ingrid Bergman.
A source at a major Hollywood studio that was recently approached by the 49-year-old star said: "She is still determined to make it in the movies.
"She and her representatives have been touting around a project which is a remake of Casablanca. The reception has been lukewarm to say the least. No one can understand why she wants to redo what many people consider the greatest film of all time."
Well of course response to the idea has been lukewarm. You want a put a brassy blonde in a remake of Casablanca set in an arrid, forbidding landscape? Well, sorry Charlie, you're only like 10 years too late. Does no one remember the post-apocalyptic, gender-switched spin that Pamela Anderson Lee gave that whole hill of beans thing in 1996's Barb Wire? And she got to be the Bogie role and everything! Don't believe us? Click through for proof!
OK, if you got 3 minutes to spare, click here for the original review of Barb Wire by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert which corroborates our story. But if you got a couple hours to kill , then sit back, relax, and unbutton your pants, because we here at Scanner are proud to present -- in all its VHS-dubbed-glory -- Barb Freaking Wire. Enjoy.