Frank Oz’s 2007 film Death at a Funeral was last years best offering from Britain. Written by Dean Craig, this dark comedy skipped the mainstream radar skillfully and yet made it to the right screens with the right audience. It was a winner at home in the UK, and did surprisingly well in Australia where it exceeded all box office expectations. But in the US, though it fared well at the popular film festivals, it failed to rake in the dough at the box office. One reason could be that the audience failed to make sense of Brit humor, just like they were perplexed by TV’s The Office, which they had to remake in their own setting to comprehend better.

Now Screen Gems and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment are remaking the originally British-English film into American-English. Writing responsibilities for the American version are bestowed upon actor and comedian Chris Rock and Aeysha Carr, a celebrated writer on his TV show Everybody Hates Chris.

This particular European-to-American setup somewhat resonates the 2007 film I Think I Love My Wife, which was also co-written by - and starred - Chris Rock, and happens to be a remake of the 1972 French film Love in the Afternoon by Eric Rohmer. The American version suffered a painful blow at the box office to say the least. Let’s see if Chris manages to get it right this time.

Although cast and crew aren’t confirmed yet the film is set to go into production in the Spring of 2009.