The Indian press is abuzz because after years of illegally remaking films from overseas (most notoriously, illegal OLDBOY remake, ZINDA) Bollywood shingle, Orion Pictures, is now in talks with Warner Brothers to do an official remake of WEDDING CRASHERS. They're saying that they're going to get two big stars for the film (Saif Ali Khan and Aamir Khan would be a great couple) and the Indian press says it's a done deal.

Not so. Talks are definitely on-going but there's no deal in place.

Frankly, licensing Bollywood remakes would be a great revenue stream for Hollywood and Bollywood's going to be remaking their films anyway. While the press is saying that Warners will send out "a trade warning" about their ownership of the film's copyright, they might want to talk to Showeast, owners of OLDBOY, about the difficulties of pursuing an intellectual property case in Indian courts for an overseas company. This is one of those cases where the carrot will go a lot further than the largely ineffectual stick.

The Mighty Morphin' Wedding Crashers.