Shelved CASABLANCA sequel "Brazzaville"

Well what I have read about the sequel to Casablanca called Brazzaville, is that Cass Warner, the granddaughter of Warner Bros. founder Jack L. Warner, would produce it. It's based on an old draft for a proposed sequel written soon after Casablanca turned out to be a box-office success but was never done, written by Howard Koch. Now Howard Koch's son Richard Koch has re-written and updated the script, and the new script starts 20 years after Casablanca ended and centers on the child of Rick and Ilsa, "After leaving Casablanca for America, Ilsa learned she was pregnant. She gave birth to a boy who grew up in America. The real father of the boy, it turns out, was not Laszlo but Rick. He was conceived the night Ilsa came to Rick's place to plead for the Letters of Transit. The secret was not kept from Laszlo, but being the kind of man he was and owing so much to Rick, he adopted the child and treated him as his own son. The boy was named Richard, and he grew up to be a handsome, tough-tender young man reminiscent of his father. He had been told the truth about his origin and has a deep desire to find his real father, or at least more about him, since Rick's heroic at actions in Casablanca have become legendary." The story follows Richard's journey to Casablanca after his mother and Laszlo passed away.

Warner Bros passed on the project, but on the other hand also expressed interest in revisiting it if Cass Warner could find a filmmaker the studio wants to work with.


Now please don't yell at me, becuase in this case I'm only the messenger.