Remake Zorba the Greek?

Remake? Please don't! Who else besides Anthony Quinn could "BE" Zorba? Who else could compose a better theme and score than Mikis Theodorakis? Who else if not a greek director like Mihalis Kakogiannis could understand and to depict better the world, way of life, traditions and mentality of greek peasants?

Zorba the Greek is perfect as it is. I'd hate to see somebody not named Antonio Quinn playing Alexis Zorba.

although the original is classic and needs no update, seeing as remakes are so hot right now, it would be a nice one to see. But seriously, Banderas? nope nope nope.
He's great but he's too cliched mediteranean looking, not a very imaginative choice.

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Zorba: Nicolas Cage
Basil: James McAvoy
Dame Hortense: Susan Sarandon
Mavrandoni: Bruce Dern
Mavrandoni's son: Ashton Kutcher
Monolakas: Christian Bale
Mimiko: Adrien Brody
The Widow: Penélope Cruz

Remake? Only if it is a purely Greek production.
Today's Hollywood, with its pernicious corporate influence would disgrace the memory of all the great people involved in the original book and movie. The stupid and phoney Hollywood of today would be 100% incapable of making a better film.
Remake is an awful idea.
Leave well enough alone.
When Hollywood learns how to make good movies again, then maybe, perhaps, but not necessary when a previous film will easily be perceived as superior by a majority.
Otherwise, forget it.
Let Hollywood make its crap movies about its own people.
But not Zorba!

I've had enough Meryl Streep! Someone else please.

Director should be no one else but Martin Scorsese, he has made a movie based on an other novel of this author (Nikos Kazanzakis), "The Last Temptation of Christ", and what a movie it is!

In the mid 80s there were plans for a remake again with Quinn but with John Travolta for the Alan Bates role.

It came to nothing. Maybe thankfully so!

Its that man again!!