MGM is developing a remake of Charles B. Pierce's 1976 horror feature "The Town that Dreaded Sundown." The story is set in 1946 follows a Texas Ranger who hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of Texarkana, a small town on the border between Texas and Arkansas. What made it different to other slashers of the time is that it … [Read more...]
“Young Sherlock Holmes” Being Remade
November 22, 2012 by
"The Lion King 1 1/2" writer Evan Spiliotopoulos is in talks to pen the script for a remake of "Young Sherlock Holmes" at Paramount Pictures. The story follows Sherlock Holmes and John Watson as they meet at a British boarding school as teenagers and stumble upon a series of murders. Chris Columbus, who penned the original Barry Levinson-directed … [Read more...]
“The Exorcist” Gets Remade For TV
May 26, 2012 by
Nearly four decades after it established itself as one of (if not the) scariest film of all time, "The Exorcist" is getting a new angle - its becoming a limited TV series reports Vulture. "Martha Marcy May Marlene" writer/director Sean Durkin is set to adapt William Peter Blatty’s best selling novel into a ten-episode television series for Morgan … [Read more...]
“Little Shop of Horrors” Remade Again
May 3, 2012 by
Update: Heat Vision adds that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is helping develop the project with an eye to starring as Seymour. "Glee" co-producer and "Carrie" remake scribe Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is in early negotiations to pen the latest incarnation of "Little Shop of Horrors" for Warner Bros. Pictures reports Variety. Roger Corman helmed the original … [Read more...]
“Man from Nowhere” Gets Remade
March 8, 2012 by
Dimension Films have acquired the rights to an English-language remake of 2010 South Korean action thriller "The Man From Nowhere" reports Deadline. The story follows a quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past who takes on a drug- and organ-trafficking ring to save the child who is his only friend. Shawn Christensen ("Abduction") has been hired … [Read more...]
Many Kurosawa Classics Could Get Remade
August 24, 2011 by
How does one respect a man considered one of the greatest filmmakers to have ever lived? You exploit him of course. Variety reports that L.A.-based Splendent Media have signed a deal to represent worldwide rights to 69 projects from the late legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. The company's top brass Sakiko Yamada says "We are … [Read more...]
