As much as he's been good in the roles he's chosen, is there really any need for this?
What more could be done that wasn't done in the original?
The only thing that could be done, was to do a completely faithful remake of the book, with nothing cut out or sanitised.
Which would make it almost impossible to get an age classification certificate, due to the horrendous and graphic stuff that would go in.
If they were to do a full and proper film and left nothing out from the book and only released it in select / art house cinemas that would be a different thing all together.