I think they would have to be careful and find just the right writer to do it, since the original waas such a work of art.
After the "Gangster" movies "Gone With the Wind" is one of my favorites (Hence the "Scarlett") and a few years back they came out with a sequel to the movie called "Scarlett", it was an okay movie acting wise but the story progression was good. It is just so easy to make a piece of crap just for the sake of money. Book or movie wise.