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" Simon Cowell is in talks to remake disco movie Saturday Night Fever, it has been claimed. According to The Sun, the X Factor boss is said to want Zac Efron in the lead role of Tony Manero and is interested in working with Timbaland on the film&amp;#039;s soundtrack. Manero was originally played by John Travolta in Robert Stigwood&amp;#039;s 1977 movie, while the score featured a number of songs by the Bee Gees. A source said: &amp;quot;Simon has been looking into buying the rights for years and opened discussions with Robert about the remake. &amp;quot;The charm offensive has been in full swing and they made a breakthrough over the last couple of weeks.&amp;quot; They added: &amp;quot;Robert was keen to get some assurances the original wouldn&amp;#039;t be completely butchered before he agreed to the deal. &amp;quot;Simon has been drawing up a list of people he wants to get involved. When that meets Robert&amp;#039;s expectations, the contracts will be signed.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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