Lee Daniels and Oprah Winfrey reuniting for 'Terms of Endearment' remake

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Oprah Winfrey has grown to become very good friends with Lee Daniels, who directed her previously in The Butler but it seems that their friendship could lead to another film between the two talents. According to The Wrap, Paramount Pictures has secured the rights for Daniels to develop a remake of Terms of Endearment with Winfrey in talks to star as Aurora.

            Terms of Endearment followed Aurora and her daughter Emma as they went through the trials and tribulations of life together. The original 1983 film starred Shirley MacLaine as Aurora and Debra Winger as Emma as the movie was directed by the legendary 3-time Oscar winner, James L. Brooks. The movie scored 11 Oscar nominations and won 5 awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress for MacLaine and Best Supporting Actor for Jack Nicholson’s performance as Garrett. I think this could be a terrific remake with the talent involved especially since Daniels got a fantastic performance out of Winfrey in The Butler back in 2013. Here’s hoping that an actress like Kerry Washington or Tessa Thompson are cast in the role of Emma!

            Winfrey has been on screen plenty since her retiring from talk show duties. She was recently seen in Selma and is set to appear in Ava DuVernay’s sophomore effort as well, A Wrinkle in Time. She’s also set to star in the upcoming HBO movie, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks with Courtney B. Vance and Rose Byrne. Daniels has recently been in the spotlight on television with his FOX series Empire and Star but is also attached to direct the long-in-development Richard Pryor biopic starring Mike Epps as the iconic comedian.