Stop the presses. Albert Hughes has been tapped to direct a new iteration of “The Fugitive,”  based on the original TV show starring David Janssen and the 1983 movie starring Harrison Ford.

Warner Bros. made the deal, and having Hughes sends a signal that Dr. Richard Kimble could be an African American this time around. Why not? The possibilities are tantalizing. Idris Elba? Denzel Washington? Will Smith?

The other big casting part is for Detecive. Gerard, who doggedly went after Kimble to catch him on the run. Gerard became a US Marshall in the Andrew Davis movie. He was played by Tommy Lee Jones, who won an Oscar. Would he also be African American? Andre Braugher ring a bell? Or Denzel chasing Idris? And don’t forget the one-armed man. There are also great female roles for whoever plays Kimble’s dead wife and his girlfriend who helps him on the run. Halle Berry?

What a great new take this could be for “The Fugitive,” which was based on a real story. Dr. Sam Sheppard was an American neurosurgeon who was exonerated in 1966, having been convicted of the 1954 murder of his wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard.

BTW David Janssen’s widow, the great Dani Janssen, is still alive and if I remember correctly, she has a say in all this. Dani, of course, for twenty years or more was known for giving Hollywood’s most exclusive Oscar party. She’s retired now, but her legacy lives on.

PS My first TV crush was on Diane Baker, who played Richard Kimble’s girlfriend in the sensational finale of the TV show.

While I was prepping this review, I was reading some early pieces on Greta Gerwig’s remake “Little Women.” I got the feeling there was going to be trouble. After the success of “Ladybird,” Gerwig might be set up for a fall. No one wants to think she could have pulled off an all-star retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s famous  and beloved book, and while she was pregnant, no less.

But the truth is “Little Women” soars, and Gerwig is the real deal. “Little Women” is lovely, it’s like a big dessert. Watching it is a total pleasure, although some may be confused by the time jumping screenplay. If you don’t know the story you might be a little lost. But even a casual moviegoer will overcome this disability.

“Little Women” was the American answer to Jane Austen, much later in the 1800s. Alcott clearly loved Austen. She named a character in her book Mr. Dashwood after the Dashwood family in “Sense and Sensibility.” It was a nice touch.

But where Austen’s feel a little older, Alcott’s are younger. Her publisher wanted a book for young adult girls. And so we have the March sisters, their mother, their aunt, and their MIA father who’s off on military duty. The leader of this pack is Jo, who aspires to be a writer and becomes one. Jo is played by two time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, 25 years old, and certainly a nominee this year if not winner. Even with a remarkable cast– the pungent Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Timothee Chalamet, Eliza Scanlen, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern– Ronan not holds her own but carries the movie. She’s remarkable.

Wait- did you say Meryl Streep? Yes, she’s their cranky aunt March. It’s a small, fun part, no Oscar nomination because it’s just not big enough, but Streep is having the time of her life and we love seeing her there. Laura Dern is the March mother, and if she weren’t already in the race from “Marriage Story” she would be here. Florence Pugh is the breakout star as the annoying Amy whom we come to love. Chalamet is terrific as the bumbling Laurie, Hugh Grant in an Austen film.

Gerwig is a force to be reckoned with. She cannot be denied now. “Ladybird” was not a fluke. She’s also such a nice person in real life. A year ago I ran into her and she told me was on her to show Steep the screenplay and was worried. I asked her recently how it went. She laughed and said, “Oh I remember that.” She rolled her eyes. “It wasn’t easy,” she said. Really? Because it turned out A-OK.

PS Oscar wise, we have two more films to extoll soon: “Bombshell” and “Just Mercy.”  “Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood” is playing now.  It’s a very good season.

Netflix must be a Gemini. It has two minds. One, it wants movies on its platform and not in theaters.

But, it puts movies in theaters, even for a short time. So to that end, Netflix has saved (for now) the legendary Paris Theater in New York across from the Plaza Hotel. The Paris was shuttered by its owners and landlord, Sheldon Solow, at the end of summer following the run of Ron Howard’s “Pavarotti.” It was the last of Manhattan’s free standing single screen theaters.

The company has signed a lease, without giving details, to keep its movies in the Paris for the time being. Currently “Marriage Story” is playing there. My guess is “The Two Popes” is next. “The Two Popes,” one of the best movies of the year, is made for the Paris. Audiences will eat it up. The company says it plans to use the theater for special events, screenings, and theatrical releases of its films.

“After 71 years, the Paris Theatre has an enduring legacy, and remains the destination for a one-of-a kind movie-going experience,”  said Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer. “We are incredibly proud to preserve this historic New York institution so it can continue to be a cinematic home for film lovers.”

It’s unclear if Netflix will do this anywhere else, or whether it will inspire other TV platform based studios like Hulu or Amazon to do likewise. These companies have all the money now. If they’re so inclined I direct them to the dormant Metro Theater on 100th St. and Broadway, which could be a goldmine on the Upper West Side. And hey– what about the Ziegfeld? We miss it!

That’s Craig, Daniel Craig. And he’s starring in Rian Johnson’s hilarious “Knives Out,” which just made $2 million in previews over the weekend and opens officially on Wednesday.

On Saturday, Craig, Johnson, and co-star Michael Shannon appeared at a private screening of “Knives Out” followed by a lively Q&A and a cocktail reception. Craig, who always seems like he must be 8 feet tall, is actually a compact man of around five foot ten, built more solidly than Trump’s would be wall. He wore a tweedy three piece suit and tie, very natty, perfect for his “Knives Out” character Benoit Blanc, the Hercule Poirot of this murder mystery. Craig, who’s English, speaks with a perfect Southern accent as Benoit attempts to solve the puzzle of how very successful mystery writer Harlan Thrombey — played by Christopher Plummer — has died in his New England mansion. The suspects include his entire family and his caregivers.

But let’s cut to the chase. What we really want to know about is Craig’s final Bond movie, “No Time to Die,” set for release next April. As we shook hands, I said, “How’s Adele’s song?” Right? Good move, I thought. As I reported (and the Daily Mail helped it self to) Adele is likely to reprise singing the Bond theme song.

“Adele?” Craig said. “Who’s Adele?” Then he blinked and said, “You’re not getting anything out of me!”

I responded: “Let me ask you this, are you at least happy with the way the movie worked out? It’s your last one.”

Again: “Very nice, but no, I can’t tell you anything. I’ve got nothing!” He added: “It’s nice to see you!” His British publicist echoed that statement, and cut me off.

I tried, at least.

During the Q&A, everyone discussed the house “Knives Out” was shot in. It’s a real house in Massachusetts, and the cast set up shop there. Craig said, “Even though everyone had mobile homes of their own to retire to, everyone kept coming up to the house and hanging out.”

Shannon added: “Jamie Lee Curtis set up shop there.” Jamie Lee plays Harlan’s eldest child, a hard-edged successful businesswoman in her own right. “She was making soup, and cooking, all the time in the kitchen. It was funny to see her going back and forth from her character to Jamie Lee, the mother hen.”

Will Benoit Blanc return in a sequel? I don’t know if even Rian Johnson knows that, but I hope so. And with “No Time to Die” done, Daniel Craig has plenty of time to investigate another murder.