NAOMI WATTS - WATTS TO BATTLE THE BIRDS?

Australian actress NAOMI WATTS has been offered the lead role in the remake of ALFRED HITCHCOCK's 1963 horror classic THE BIRDS. ARMAGEDDON director MICHAEL BAY's company will produce the new version of the film. She would play the role of MELANIE DANIELS, which was played by TIPPI HEDREN, in the original, according to moviehole.net. The script is being re-worked by LESLIE DIXON, who updated THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR for PIERCE BROSNAN and RENE RUSSO in 1999. The movie features a wealthy San Francisco socialite who follows a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town where birds suddenly begin to launch vicious attacks on people.