Footloose Producers Craig Zadan & Neil Meron Set to Remake 80s Classic "Steel Magnolias" with All-Black Cast

Lifetime set to remake 1980s classic "Steel Magnolias" with all-black cast, but didn't we have "Beauty Shop?"

Do we really need to watch a remake of 80s classic "Steel Magnolias" featuring an all-black cast? Didn't we have "Beauty Shop?" Lifetime is remaking the tear-jerker that starred Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Julia Roberts and Darryl Hannah. The new film will be produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the duo responsible for the new "Footloose" movie set to open on Friday.

No cast is in place yet, but they are reportedly reaching out to some black heavy-hitters in Hollywood. Well, I hope they reach out to Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson and Dawn Lewis. These women are among the best black Hollywood has to offer.

When all is said and done, the movie will spark debate. It begs the question of why are we seeing so many remakes? Jaws, Footloose and now Steel Magnolias? How many ways can you possibly tell the same story? I will concede one point, it will be a welcome change from Tyler Perry's ghetto-fabulous Madea.

Samuel L. Jackson & Angela Bassett Coming to Broadway in "The Mountaintop," Centered on The Day Before Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson are coming to Broadway in The Mountaintop, a play by Katori Hall and directed by Kenny Leon. The play recounts the chain of events the night before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is assassinated. The play revisits April 3, 1968, when Dr. King, played by Samuel L. Jackson, is visited by a mysterious stranger, Angela Bassett, who brings some surprising news. This is a must see play! The play will be at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in Manhattan and will open on Broadway October 13, 2011. Watch the trailer: