"The Birds" remake (sort of)

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Birds Remake Clarified

Brad Fuller, an executive with Platinum Dunes, told the Bloody-Disgusting.com Web site that the production company is still developing The Birds, a movie based on Daphne du Maurier's short story, which was also the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 thriller film.

"We are considering remaking The Birds, but our remake is not based on the Hitchcock film," Fuller told the site. "It is based on the Daphne du Maurier short story. So while the concept of birds attacking will be the same, the plot is totally different from Hitchcock's film. We are currently in the process of developing the script."

In Hitchcock's film, birds mysteriously and inexplicably attack the California town of Bodega Bay and its inhabitants, including stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren.

Du Maurier's story, by contrast, was set in Cornwall in the United Kingdom and tells a story of birds' becoming hostile after a harsh winter with little food. She was said to have been unhappy with Hitchcock's film version.