Billy Ray to direct remake of The Secret in Their Eyes

When The Secret in Their Eyes beat out The White Ribbon and A Prophet at the Academy Awards this past year, I was one of those who did a great big Scooby Doo "HUH??".  I hadn't even heard of Juan Campanella's thriller at that time. Why? Because it hadn't hit our shores yet. When it did and I finally saw it, I understood why it won, and there's a likelihood it'll end up on my Best Of list at the end of the year. It truly is a meserizing, rich experience.

Since it's a foreign film that's received universal acclaim of course we can't just leave it alone. It has to be remade. >sigh<  Deadline reports that Warner Brothers, who own the rights, have brought on Billy Ray(Breach) to direct.  Campanella will be serving as executive producer, so hopefully he'll keep this version as faithful to his vision as possible.

Then again I have complete faith in Billy Ray to pull this off. He's come a long way since he inflicted the heinous Bruce Willis thriller Color of Night on us back in 1994. Since that time he's written and directed two phenomenal films: the only good Hayden Christensen movie, Shattered Glass; and 2007's Breach. He's also been hired to pen the script for the film version of 24.  Expect him to find a way to write the script for The Secret in Their Eyes as well.