Alfred Hitchcock S Suspicion Set For A Remake From The Killing Showrunner Veena Sud

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Suspicion’ Set For A Remake, From ‘The Killing’ Showrunner Veena Sud

By Russ Fischer/Feb. 14, 2012 10:30 am EST

Now there is another Hitchcock film being remade, or re-adapted. This time it is the 1932 novel Before the Fact, by Francis Iles, which Hitchcock directed as the 1941 film Suspicion. Heading up the adaptation is The Killing showrunner Veena Sud, who will script.

Here’s the synopsis of Iles’ original novel. In the Hitchcock version, the leads were Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant, with Fontaine winning an Oscar for her performance. It isn’t quite clear if this new script will be based more on the film or the original novel. The trailer for Suspicion is below the novel synopsis, just so you can get a taste of both. In this case, the film’s ending was changed quite a bit from that of the novel.

Before the Fact tells the tale of wealthy but plain Lina Mclaidlaw, who marries the charming and feckless Johnny Aysgarth against the advice of her father. Lina is certain she can change him for the better, until she is forced to acknowledge that he is a compulsive liar, a crook and a murderer. But still she loves him, while fearing she will inevitably become one of his victims.