MUMBAI: In its want to remake its 1992 hit The Bodyguard, Warner Bros. has hired Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer to write the script.

The original entered on a former Secret Service agent hired to protect a world famous pop singer. While initially uncomfortable in her glitzy world, the man eventually falls for her, compromising his ability to protect her.

The film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, had the biggest ballads of all time, I Will Always Love You. It was written by Lawrence Kasdan, the first script written by him. best known for penning Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Big Chill. It was meant as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross.

In the remake, the story would be updated so that the man would be a former Iraqi war vet.

Friedman and Palmer had written the action-comedy script Family Getaway, set up at the studio and made the 2010 Black List.