Remakes, remakes, remakes

Instead of remaking this for the fifth (sixth if you count a foreign adaptation) time, let's make the first adaptation of a book overdue for the screen, The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery.

Written in 1926, it was one of two Montgomery novels intended for an adult readership. I've never read a book more ripe for the screen's picking. It has everything a good story needs, and it's shameful it never has been adapted.

About the over-reliance on remakes in recent years. I don't believe these remakes are about the stories at all. I believe it's more about taking the currently trendy actors and actresses who are creating buzz and plopping them down in an established and comfortable for the viewer role. Lily James and Armie Hammer are listed for the newest Rebecca adaptation. Why not just put them in The Blue Castle?

One more thing, who would want to attempt to remake a Hitchcock film? Talk about pressure.