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DreamWorks Snags ‘Fright Night’ From Screen Gems
We had recently heard that Sony Screen Gems has been dropping projects left and right as they couldn’t turn them into PG-13 pics. One such project was the long-gestured remake of Fright Night, which is now heading on over to DreamWorks (can I get a hallelujah?). No details were revealed about the direction they plan on taking the reboot, but we can only hope it keeps at least some of the heart the original carried (but that’s highly unlikely). Read on for the release.
Vampires continue their bloody winning streak as DreamWorks is in the process of picking up a remake of “Fright Night.”
Michael Gaeta and Alison Rosenzweig of Gaeta/Rosenzweig Films are producing along with Michael De Luca. Rosenzweig, who also is setting up remakes of “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” and “Angel Heart” with De Luca, brought the project to him.
DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian is overseeing for the studio, which has rarely foraged in the horror genre for material. Its most recent two outings — “The Uninvited” and “The Ruins” — grossed just $29 million and $17 million, respectively. But its remake of “The Ring” and its sequel grossed $390 million worldwide.
The original “Fright Night,” written and directed by Tom Holland in 1985, was a horror comedy about a teenager who discovers that his neighbors are vampires. No writer has been hired, but the updated version will keep the comedy-horror tone while modernizing the effects.
The CAA-repped De Luca also is producing “Moneyball,” starring Brad Pitt, at Columbia, and has the drama “Brothers,” directed by Jim Sheridan, coming out this year.
Rosenzweig recently did business with DreamWorks and Sourian on “Nonstop,” a sci-fi action thriller from screenwriter Michael Gilvary that Patrick Tatopoulos is directing and Len Wiseman is producing for the studio.
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‘Ready or Not’: Radio Silence Filmmakers Tease the “Absolute Banger” of a Sequel That’s Taking Shape
It was first reported a couple weeks ago that Ready or Not 2 is now in development, with Adam Robitel (The Taking of Deborah Logan, Insidious: The Last Key, Escape Room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions) in talks to direct the sequel to the 2019 box office hit. Additionally, we had learned that Samara Weaving would be returning to star.
Entertainment Weekly caught up with Ready or Not directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin in the wake of those reports, and we’ve now got an update straight from the source.
“It’s getting figured out. That’s what we’ll say: Ready or Not 2 is getting figured out,” Gillett tells EW, confirming last month’s report. “What we can say is that there is a script that is an absolute fucking banger of a sequel. And however it gets made, and in whatever capacity we are helping get it made, we are so excited that it’s happening.”
“I don’t think we knew after making [Ready or Not] that there would be so much story left to tell,” Gillett continues. “We’re so proud of what that first movie is, we’re so proud of what the sequel is. We’re just really excited, and fingers crossed that it gets made.” Bettinelli-Olpin adds, “And with Searchlight and Samara, they’re not gonna let it down.”
The first film introduced a mythology wherein the wealthy Le Domas family has made a deal with the devil, one that requires them to take part in bizarre – and deadly – wedding night traditions. There’s much that can be done with the premise going forward, even if the first movie ended with Weaving’s Grace massacring the family and burning down their estate.
Wikipedia reminds, “The sole survivor of the night, Grace walks out of the burning manor just as the police arrive. Upon asking her what happened, she simply replies: in-laws.”
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