Clearly some do not deem a 'Princess Bride' remake 'inconceivable'

The Hollywood rumor mill swelled into a veritable storm as talk of a “Princess Bride” remake rolled dark storm clouds into the bluster of frenzied tweets and emails.

The 1987 cult classic is one tough act to follow, so the rumor of a remake was as puzzling as it was infuriating. Can Hollywood keep its creativity-depleted talons off a classic? What next? Casablanca?

Links were posted all over the Internet to a source on familyvideo.com which stated that “director Jason Reitman recently announced the cast for his planned project and they are certainly up to the challenge, Paste magazine reports.”

Paste magazine, in turn, claimed that “[t]he lead role of Westley will be played by Paul Rudd; the Princess Bride will be played by The Office‘s Mindy Kaling; Patton Oswalt will play Vizzini, and Kevin Pollack will play Miracle Max, the role originally played by Billy Crystal. Bill Fagerbaake, who was on Coach and voices Patrick Star on Spongebob Squarepants will take on Andre the Giant’s role of Fezzick and The League’s Nick Kroll will play Count Rugen.”

That’s a hell of a lot of detail for one small rumor. No wonder readers took it seriously.

But rest easy, fans. The rumor has been confirmed to be fake. It stems from an innocent table reading of the film by the aforementioned stars. Translation: the “cast” was a small get-together of the actors, who sat on a stage and read from the script. Somehow, that little gathering got rolled into a full-fledged rumor of a rehearsal for a remake.

The Princess Bride was directed by Rob Reiner and released in 1987. It was based on a 1973 book of the same title, written by William Goldman. The film presents the story as a book being read by a grandfather, played by the late Peter Falk, to his sick grandson, played by Fred Savage.

The film was originally only a modest financial success, grossing $30 million at the box office in the U.S. and Canada combined, but received mostly favorable reviews, including two enthusiastic thumbs up by critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.

The film is arguably one of the most quotable films of all time, with actor Wallace Shawn admitting he is approached on a daily basis with people saying "inconceivable," and with Elwes approached with "as you wish."

In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted The Princess Bride the 38th greatest comedy film of all time, and in 2006, William Goldman's screenplay was selected by the Writers Guild of America as the 84th best screenplay of all time.

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