Is it time enough to remake this film???

Id not curse it with Ben Stiller... but I've been casting the film myself and actually puttering with the original play script...

Felix Ungar...........JAMES MARSTERS (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
Oscar Madison.........
Speed.................JERRY STILLER (Seinfeld, King of Queens)
Murray................?????????????
Vinnie................JORGE GARCIA (Lost, Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Roy...................KRISTIN BELL (Veronica Mars, Reefer Madness)
Cecily................?????????????
Gwendolyn.............?????????????

My script has Oscar, Felix and MOST of their buddies as 20-30 somethings, with Speed being a 70-something neighbor.

Former newleywed Felix Ungar's life is destroyed when his wife leaves him. Despondent, depressed, and fanatical, Felix decides to kill himself. After numerous failed suicide attempts (none of which are suitable to him), he moves in with his best friend from high school, Oscar Madison. His presence in Oscar's life proves just as disruptive as it did in his married life, and soon these best friends are at each others necks. The final straw comes when Oscar drags Felix to his favorite strip club hoping to patch the growing rift between them -- Felix ends up bringing Gwen and Cecily, the two strippers they've hired for the evening, to tears with his life story.

The "cardboard" poker buddies are fleshed out a bit more in my script, and we see them outside of the poker game. I wanted an older Speed to bring some perspective to the lot. A female player (I'm guessing Roy) brings a touch of diversity to the lot. Unlike the 1960s, families are staritng to form when people are in their 30s, not their 40s. Oscar is technically a deadbeat dad, never paying child support to the mother of his baby (they never married).

Lemme know what you all think of this, as this is a work-in-progress.

Telly

I have no objection for remakes of crappy films. This film was not crappy, thus a remake isn't needed. Why the hell do people think remakes are needed for many of the classic films?

Owen Wilson & Ben Stiller??? Give me a break!!

"Keep Ted Turner and his goddamned Crayolas away from my movie."--Welles

There just shouldn't be a remake of this classic. It'd end up like the remake of "Bedazzled" which just didn't work and was nothing compared with the original. Not just the class of Lemmon and Matthau, but how could you top Neal Hefti's music from '68? No...just say no to any thoughts of a remake. Go and shoot something original.

"I think (The Odd Couple) could be a pretty good vehicle for Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller. At least Ben Stiller as Felix.

Owen Wilson, are you insane. OWEN WILSON. What kind of actors do you watch. No-one in the world could redo Lemmon and Matthau legacy.

Why bother? They're remaking movies all the time but once the memory of the remake has faded, the original is always the one people remember. Think of the film Psycho and which one springs to mind first? The Hitchcock original or Gus Van Sant's remake?

it was "remade" into a tv show, but an actual remake should be made after the remake trend has long died out

I heard recently a remake is planned. Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane are set to star. Their production of "The Odd Couple" will first debut on Broadway, and then I heard they plan to work on the theatrical version. Hope this helps all you fans of the original. :)