10 Again

Merrick here...
Hyde Park Entertainment Group is mounting (huh huh, he said "mounting") a remake of writer/producer/director Blake Edward's 1979 film 10. In case you don't remember the film (or weren't around to see it at the time), 10 is about the obsession of one man (Dudley Moore) with a girl he believes to be "the perfect 10" on the hot meter...and the lengths he'll go to to learn more about her and insinuate himself into her life. Which, these days, would probably be labeled "stalking". This is the movie that catapulted Bo Derek into the public spotlight & made women everywhere crave her character's Predator hair style. Bo's career was pronounced dead a short time later when micromanagement by husband John lead to her appearance in a few of the worst films ever made, including TARZAN, THE APE MAN and BOLERO (both of which were directed by John). Sam J. Jones, who would play Flash Gordon for Dino De Laurentiis a year or so later, played Derek's husband in the original 10. Regarding the new movie:

After a long campaign to get Edwards to entrust them, the producers have already met with agencies to package the romantic comedy. They hope to engage in a global search for a newcomer to play the new "10."

...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety. Okay, so, the first question which comes to mind (besides the obligatory" Why another remake?") is: who should be cast in the role Derek originated? She's one man's object of ultimate desire...