Bloody-Disgusting has been scooped that Samuel Bayer will in fact helm Rogue Pictures' Near Dark remake for Platinum Dunes. Bayer directed music videos for The Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, Green Day, Garbage and many others. Matt Venne wrote the screenplay that follows a young man who reluctantly joins a travelling "family" of evil vampires, when the girl he'd tried to seduce is part of that group. This will be the next film from Platinum Dunes, which is headed by Brad Fuller and Andrew Form.
Why do studios feel the need to hire "music video" directors?? Just because successful filmmakers like David Fincher end up being great doesn't mean it's gonna happen everytime.
Besides, they typically don't have any understanding of story narrative or structure. They also ultra-stylize everything.
Whatever happened to hiring actual experienced "film" directors?
Also, I do agree that instead of good movies being remade as if they need to be improved or updated, remake bad films that had potential to be good.
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Near Dark (remake)
STARRING: DIRECTOR: Samuel Bayer WRITER: Matt Venne, Christopher Landon
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