Editing Casablanca (film) (section)

== Remakes and unrealized sequels ==
Almost from the moment ''Casablanca'' became a hit, talk began of producing a sequel. One titled ''Brazzaville'' (in the final scene, Renault recommends fleeing to that Free French-held city) was planned, but never produced.<ref>{{Harvnb|Francisco|1980|p=204}}</ref> A newspaper article at the time mentioned that Bogart and Greenstreet "will continue their characterizations from the first film, and it's likely that [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]] will have an important role".<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 19, 1943 |title=Casablanca has scored such a hit... |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89060136/1943-02-19/ed-1/seq-7/ |access-date=February 4, 2018 |work=The Midland Journal |location=Rising Sun, Md.}}</ref> Since then, no studio has seriously considered filming a sequel or outright remake.

[[François Truffaut]] refused an invitation to remake the film in 1974, citing its [[cult film|cult status]] among American students as his reason.<ref name="harmetz342">{{Harvnb|Harmetz|1992|p=342}}</ref> Attempts to recapture the magic of ''Casablanca'' in other settings, such as ''[[Caboblanco]]'' (1980), "a South American-set retooling of ''Casablanca''",<ref>Yoram Allon, Hannah Patterson, ''Contemporary British & Irish Directors'', Wallflower Press, 2001, p. 332</ref> and ''[[Havana (film)|Havana]]'' (1990)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hunter |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Hunter |date=December 14, 1990 |title=We'll always have 'Casablanca'&nbsp;– so why see 'Havana'? |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1990-12-14-1990348013-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111124633/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1990-12-14/entertainment/1990348013_1_robert-redford-havana-redford-plays |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]}}</ref> have been poorly received.

Stories of a ''Casablanca'' remake or sequel nonetheless persist. In 2008, [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] was reported to be pursuing a remake set in modern-day [[Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Claire |first=Marie |date=March 31, 2008 |title=Madonna to create Casablanca remake? |url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity-news/madonna-in-casablanca-remake-192017 |access-date=April 15, 2020 |website=Marie Claire}}</ref> In 2012, both ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' reported on efforts by Cass Warner, granddaughter of [[Harry Warner]] and friend of the late Howard Koch, to produce a sequel featuring the search by Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund's illegitimate son for the whereabouts of his biological father.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 30, 2012 |title=Casablanca: playing it again as film sequel planned |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9713736/Casablanca-playing-it-again-as-film-sequel-planned.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012110332/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9713736/Casablanca-playing-it-again-as-film-sequel-planned.html |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Stillman |first=Josh |date=November 5, 2012 |title=Producer pushing for 'Casablanca' sequel |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/11/05/casablanca-sequel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012023150/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/05/casablanca-sequel/ |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>