Naomi Watts may face being attacked by birds if she takes up the offer of lead role in the remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror classic, The Birds'. The Australian actress would play the role of Melanie Daniels, a wealthy socialite who follows a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town where birds suddenly begin to launch vicious attacks on people. The script is being re-worked by Leslie Dixon, who updated
The Thomas Crown Affair’ for Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo in 1999. [19 october 2006]