James Toback Isn't Happy About Scorsese and DiCaprio's 'Gambler' Remake

If Martin Scorsese, among the finest company directors ever, was thinking about remaking a movie that you simply authored (and something which was loosely according to your existence), you'd need to be pretty pleased, right? Well, not if you're James Toback. Toback may be the guy behind the 1974 film 'The Gambler,' starring James Caan (who had been nominated for his role as Axel Freed) and Paul Sorvino. Why is Toback upset that Scorsese, together with Leonardo DiCaprio, is going to be remaking his classic? Well, simply because they never gave poor James a manages it had been done. Toback lately required to Deadline to voice his complaints concerning the whole situation. The letter he authored is fairly fascinating, and when you're a fan from the film, it's worth reading through in the whole. However, the stuff regarding his displeasure using the remake is below. It could appear odd that my primary reaction to this news from the purported remake could be something south of "flattered and honored," but you that my primary feeling was among disbelief which i was learning of those plans simultaneously as well as in exactly the same fashion as the regular devoted visitors of the column. It struck me as particularly odd since I've been a buddy and limitless admirer of Leonardo [DiCaprio]'s since our initial encounter in 1994 whenever we were, actually, ready to shut an offer on his playing charge in 'Harvard Man' ... Equally odd wasn't hearing anything from Irwin Winkler who, I had been soon to understand, will be producer about this forecasted latest version because he was about the original. [via Deadline]