Editing Harvey (1950 film) (section)

===Remakes===
The play/film was [[Television film|made for television]] several times:
* 1958, in a version starring [[Art Carney]] as Elwood, and [[Marion Lorne]], [[Larry Blyden]], [[Elizabeth Montgomery]], [[Fred Gwynne]], [[Charlotte Rae]], and [[Jack Weston]].
* 1970, in a version for West German television called ''[[:de:Mein Freund Harvey (1970)|Mein Freund Harvey]]'', with [[Heinz Rühmann]] as Elwood.
* 1972, in a version also starring [[James Stewart]] with [[Helen Hayes]] as his sister Veta, [[Jesse White (actor)|Jesse White]] reprising his role as Duane Wilson, and [[Fred Gwynne]].
* 1985, in a version for West German television, with [[Harald Juhnke]] as Elwood and [[Elisabeth Wiedemann]] as Veta.
* [[Harvey (1996 film)|1996]], starring [[Harry Anderson]] and [[Swoosie Kurtz]] in the Elwood and Veta roles along with [[Leslie Nielsen]] and [[William Schallert]].

Producer Don Gregory purchased the merchandising and [[film rights]] to ''Harvey'' from the Mary Chase estate in 1996. In April 1999, Gregory sold the rights to [[Miramax|Miramax Films]], who beat out several high-profile bidders, including [[Walt Disney Pictures]] (represented by the producing team [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] and [[Barry Josephson]]), [[Universal Pictures]] and [[New Line Cinema]]. However, Miramax still intended to have Gregory produce ''Harvey''. Universal was interested in having ''Harvey'' with [[Jim Carrey]] starring and [[Tom Shadyac]] directing, while New Line saw it as an [[Adam Sandler]] movie. [[Harvey Weinstein]] of Miramax was also considering Carrey and Sandler, as well as [[Tom Hanks]]. Weinstein wanted ''Harvey'' to be set in a modern setting.<ref>{{cite news | author = Oliver Jones | url = https://variety.com/1999/film/news/miramax-to-redo-harvey-1117492962/ | title = Miramax to redo 'Harvey' | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 1999-04-06 | access-date = 2009-08-04}}</ref> Weinstein eventually took the project to [[Dimension Films]], who partnered with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] to co-finance. [[Craig Mazin]] was hired by Dimension in November 2001 to adapt the screenplay.<ref>{{cite news | author = Michael Fleming | url = https://variety.com/2001/film/news/mazin-inks-to-pen-harvey-update-1117856473/ | title = Mazin inks to pen 'Harvey' update | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 2001-11-28 | access-date = 2009-08-04 | archive-date = November 2, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102173455/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117856473 | url-status = live }}</ref> [[John Travolta]] entered negotiations to star in March 2003,<ref>{{cite news | author = Michael Fleming | url = https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/travolta-has-ears-for-harvey-1117882107/ | title = Travolta has ears for 'Harvey' | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 2003-03-11 | access-date = 2009-08-04 | archive-date = November 2, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102173528/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117882107 | url-status = live }}</ref> but the rights for Dimension and MGM lapsed,<ref name=lapse>{{cite news | author = Michael Fleming | url = https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/spielberg-hops-to-harvey-remake-1118006812/ | title = Spielberg hops to 'Harvey' remake | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 2009-08-02 | access-date = 2009-08-04}}</ref> which were picked up by [[20th Century Fox]] in 2008.<ref name=next>{{cite news | author = Gregg Kilday | author2 = Jay A. Fernandez | title = Spielberg picks next directing job: 'Harvey' | work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date = 2009-08-02 }}</ref> [[Jonathan Tropper]] was hired to write the script, which, in August 2009, drew interest from [[Steven Spielberg]] as director. As a result, Spielberg pushed back development for an [[Abraham Lincoln]] [[Lincoln (film)|biopic]] (which was released in 2012); a remake of ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)|Oldboy]]'' and an adaptation of ''[[The 39 Clues]]''. It was then announced that ''Harvey'' would be a joint 50/50 production between [[20th Century Fox]] and Spielberg's [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]], with Spielberg and Gregory also set to produce the film. [[Tom Hanks]], who previously worked with Spielberg on ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' and ''[[The Terminal]]'', was considered for the lead role.<ref name=next/> Spielberg had also approached [[Robert Downey Jr.]], but in December 2009 Spielberg opted out after a dispute over his vision for the project.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sampson |first=Mike |url=https://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29842 |title=Spielberg drops Harvey |publisher=JoBlo.com |date=2009-12-04 |access-date=2010-12-06 |archive-date=December 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205190440/http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29842 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/spielberg-hops-onto-update-of-rabbit-tale-harvey-1.1343739|title=Spielberg hops onto update of rabbit tale 'Harvey'|access-date=24 October 2011|date=3 August 2009|agency=[[Associated Press]]|archive-date=June 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605134930/http://www.newsday.com/spielberg-hops-onto-update-of-rabbit-tale-harvey-1.1343739|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2018, it was reported that streaming service [[Netflix]] had started developing a version of ''Harvey''.<ref name=netflix>{{cite news | last = Busch | first = Anita | title = 'Harvey': Netflix Working To Pull 6ft. Rabbit Out Of Hat | work = [[Deadline Hollywood]] | date = 2018-12-19 | url = https://deadline.com/2018/12/harvey-remake-netflix-shrek-2-writers-1202521960/ | access-date = 2019-06-26 | archive-date = December 19, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181219222108/https://deadline.com/2018/12/harvey-remake-netflix-shrek-2-writers-1202521960/ | url-status = live }}</ref>