‘Casablanca’ Remake Scrapped Over Sizzle-less Ben & Jen

Globe magazine reports that the moneyman behind the $50 million remake of ‘Casablanca’ has pulled the plug on the production after hearing reports that intended stars Ben Affleck and fiance Jennifer Lopez are being seen as duds for onscreen lovers in their first film together, ‘Gigli’. An executive who worked on the failed project said, “Everyone had been telling us that Ben and J.Lo are the next Richard Burton and Liz Taylor or Spencer Tray and Katharine Hepburn. But maybe they need to fight a bit more like those old-time stars to get that magic working onscreen.”