Redress

Sisters isn't the only Brian De Palma flick going into the shop for retooling. De Palma's 1980 Dressed to Kill is getting a remake, due to go straight-to-DVD in 2008. No director announced, but writer is Rick Alexander. Alexander's self-penned biography lists numerous projects and lofty claims, but his only real credit so far is extensive writing duty for woman-positive medical drama Strong Medicine.

Dressed to Kill was almost Cruising. De Palma adapted Gerald Walker's 1970 novel (murders in the NYC gay community) into a screenplay, but it didn't work out, and William Friedkin's screenplay was the one that turned into Cruising. De Palma shuffled elements of his own script around and turned it into Dressed to Kill.

Both films made it to theaters in 1980. Cruising, beset by protesters upset at the portrayal of the gay community, struggled at the box office; Dressed to Kill had more success. Enough for a straight-to-DVD remake three decades later!