John Steinbeck’s literary classic East of Eden has a remake on the way, courtesy of Netflix.

Starring Florence Pugh, Ciarán Hinds, Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist, the setting is the farmlands of the Salinas Valley in California. A place where we learn about successive generations of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, who are destined to reenact the fateful story of Cain and Abel.

I remember watching the 1955 version of this film starring James Dean. All I recall is the farmland setting and Dean’s impressive performance. Because his character stood out so much, I assumed he was the lead, to the point I only recall one other father figure type character, but no one else, certainly no females.

This makes me extra interested to see how heavily Pugh’s character is featured in this remake. I’m certain she’ll do a great job of conveying her character’s plight and anguish, because, as per my memory of Dean’s film and how this trailer looks, there’s plenty of the latter going around.

Dean’s character, Cal Trask, is being played by Joseph Zada.

Have you seen the East of Eden film starring James Dean? How much does this remake appeal to you?

Joseph Zada, Tracy Letts, Hoon Lee, Martha Plimpton, Brad McMurray, Tandi Wright, Costa D’Angelo, Benedict Wall, Asher Whitehead, Vaughan Reilly, Gus Turner, Robert Morgan and Joe Anders also star.

East of Eden Release Dates…

Happy Film Loving,

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