Netflix has (again) announced a new remake and wants, this time, for director Philip Barantini to tackle a blockbuster from the 1970s.
With the 2025 miniseries Adolescence, Philip Barantini has proven his ability to stage high-tension scenarios through meticulously choreographed single-take sequences after his 2022 film The Chef. Beyond the extensive media coverage, the series—awarded eight Emmys and four Golden Globes among other accolades—claimed the No. 2 spot on Netflix’s all-time list of most-watched English-language series. Since then, the director has been riding a wave of momentum on the platform.
Barantini will helm for the streaming giant the series Rabbit, Rabbit, which will center on a hostage situation orchestrated by a fugitive inmate portrayed by Adam Driver. The director has also taken the reins of the Enola Holmes franchise, a deal that had actually been agreed well before the award-winning miniseries premiered.
In recent months, the red-N platform has announced several remakes, including a French blockbuster with a massive Hollywood cast and a cult 2000s comedy. This time, Barantini will bring his talents to remaking a 1970s police-thriller behemoth.
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It was The Hollywood Reporter that broke the news: Philip Barantini will direct the remake of the 1973 film, The Getaway. A substantial responsibility he will share with screenwriter Peter Craig, who is currently collaborating with him on Rabbit, Rabbit as creator and writer of the series. Craig also co-wrote the two parts of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, as well as The Batman.
The original film, released in 1973 in France, was directed by Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia) and written by Walter Hill (Driver, the Alien saga) based on Jim Thompson’s 1958 novel of the same name. Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw portrayed Carter and Carol McCoy, a couple on the run after a botched robbery. The lovers had enlisted a powerful ally to help Carter escape from prison, but that friend betrayed them, driving them straight into a deadly trap.
It’s not the first remake of The Getaway to surface. Indeed, in 1994, director Roger Donaldson (The Da Vinci of Dante, Rash of the English) attempted the project with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, and it was a resounding flop (according to Baldwin) with $30 million in box office on a $37 million budget. Kim Basinger was even nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her performance in the film.
That said, the 1970s police thriller did manage to perform well at the box office, grossing $36.7 million against a $3.3 million budget, though it wasn’t particularly well-received by audiences at the time of its release. Will Barantini’s remake manage to do better? We’ll have to wait for The Getaway to premiere to find out, but no release date has been announced yet. The director, however, will still be on Netflix with the release of Enola Holmes 3 on July 1.
