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24 November 2009 9:05 AM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

We have the trailer and images for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's "Ice Castles." The film stars American figure skater Taylor Firth, who makes her film debut opposite Rob Mayes (Brooklyn to Manhattan). In addition, there are cameo appearances by Olympic Medalist Michelle Kwan, NBC News Olympics Correspondent Andrea Joyce, and U.S. figure skater Molly Oberstar. The bonus materials include deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes featurette, including an interview with Lynn-Holly Johnson, star of the original film. Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, and most painfully of all, leave her hometown boyfriend behind. When a tragic fall leaves her blind, she needs someone to believe in her, to love her; someone to convince her she has the strength to skate and dream again. This heartwarming, inspirational, »

6 April 2009 3:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Because troubled times call for overwrought figure skating dramas, and love stories are always better if they're about inner sight or whatever... so we're getting a remake of Ice Castles. In fact, it's already begun filming in Nova Scotia, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Figure skater Taylor Firth has nabbed the lead, and Donald Wyre (who also helmed the original) will direct.

You remember Ice Castles -- the 1978 weeper starring Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson, about a champion figure skater who loses her sight (a favorite accident in' 70s and '80s melodrama) and has to find the will to carry on. She learns important life lessons along the way, such as "Don't be a nasty bitch to your hockey playing boyfriend or you'll go blind."

The remake will presumably follow the same story, and will also star Rob Mayes, Henry Czerny and figure skater Molly Oberstar. THR is listing »

- Elisabeth Rappe

2 articles from 2009