Jason Winer (ABC’s “Modern Family”) will direct Warner Bros. remake Arthur, which has Russell Brand playing the role originated by Dudley Moore in 1981.
The original movie followed a boozy playboy rascal who is set to inherit a fortune if he marries an heiress his family thinks will make something out of him. However, he falls in love with a working-class woman and turns to his valet for help when his family makes him choose between money and love.
Peter Baynham wrote the screenplay for the remake.
