http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/08/16/warner-bros-to-remake-brewsters-millions/

I'm a pretty big fan of Walter Hill's movies.  His early ones, anyway.

Among my favorites (that he directed) are The Warriors (avoid the "Director's Cut".  Alas, the original theatrical cut is better, IMHO), The Driver (One of my favorites, although I read somewhere that the lead role was originally written for Steve McQueen.  I suspect had he taken the role, the film would today be considered a classic.  Ryan O'Neal, however, was quite good, as was Bruce Dern), The Long Riders, Southern Comfort (yeah, it was very derivative of Deliverance, but still, it was pretty good), 48 Hours (the original but not the sequel.  Regarding the sequel: Ugh), and Streets of Fire (perhaps THE best Michael Pare film ever, and an early appearance of Diane Lane).

The film that Walter Hill followed Streets of Fire with, alas, was Brewster's Millions, a film that, despite its cast (Richard Pryor and John Candy were the leads), I found a crushing, humorless bore.  It was from that point on that Walter Hill's directorial output became more hit and miss (sadly, more miss than hit).  Mind you, I don't blame the movie for Mr. Hill's subsequent lesser quality features, but then again...

Anyway, as the article above states, there may be plans to remake the film.  They can't go anywhere but up!