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A remake of the buddy comedy " Uptown Saturday Night " that's been in development at Warner Bros. for nearly a decade is getting a push forward, with the studio and Overbrook Entertainment bringing on comedy scribe Tim Dowling to write the script. David Dobkin ("Wedding Crashers") is attached to direct and exec produce remake of the 1974 buddy comedy that starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier . Overbrook partners Will Smith , James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and Jada Pinkett Smith will produce. " Uptown " has been in development since 2002, and Mark and Robb Cullen ("Cop Out") took a first crack at a rewrite. The film followed two estranged friends who have their wallets stolen at a nightclub. The next morning, they learn that one contained a winning lottery ticket, and together, they set out to find it. New pic will likely diverge from the original storyline, and is being eyed as a starring vehicle for two A-list leads such as Smith an

Denzel Washington and Will Smith Heading Uptown Saturday Night Which brings me to the project in question, a remake of the 1974 film, "Uptown Saturday Night ", which originally starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier (it was also directed by Poitier). The fact that it might be remade might not come as too big a surprise — back in 2002, Will Smith’s production company, Overbrook Entertainment, purchased the remake rights to Uptown Saturday Night with the hope of putting together an all-star African-American version of Ocean’s 11. At the time, Smith had said he’s spoken to Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence about the possibility of starring. For the unfamiliar, Uptown Saturday Night was a movie about two estranged friends, Steve Jackson (Smith) and Wardell Johnson (Washington), who meet up at a nightclub and get robbed of their wallets. The next morning they discover that one of their wallets contained a winning lottery ticket, and together they must recover their stolen property.