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Gillespie grabs onto Fright Night

Melissa Molina — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:30:28 +0000

Okay, I know that we previously reported that Craig Gillespie was circling around helming the remake of Fright Night, but Variety confirms that film/television director will be in fact taking it on. Marti Noxon is still putting together the script for DreamWorks with Michael Gaeta, Michael De Luca and Alison Rosenzweig producing the picture.

Fright Night is a horror comedy released in 1985 that was written and directed by Tom Holland. The film stars William Ragsdale as Charlie Brewster, a teenager who’s convinced that his new next door neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire, but unfortunately nobody believes him. The Fright Night remake is expeceted to be released sometime in 2011.

Fright Night bites into a director

Melissa Molina — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:46 +0000

DreamWorks finally cracked down on a director for the inevitable Fright Night remake, handing the reigns over to Craig Gillespie, reports the LA Times. For those who think the name is familiar, this is the same man who directed Lars and the Real Girl along with Mr. Woodcock. Marti Noxon is still knee deep in developing the script being produced by Alison Rosenzweig and Michael De Luca.

Though there were quite some murmurs awhile ago as to what exactly the official plot was on, and as to whether or not this would be a true to the bone remake, still is in question at the moment. The original Fright Night centers on horror movie buff Charlie Brewster (William Ragsdale) who believes that his new next door neightbor Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire, believing he is the cause for several strange deaths that happen within the town. Convinced that his findings are true, he enlists in the help of horror movie personality/actor Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) but quickly realizes he definitely is in over his head.

No word on when DreamWorks expects to start filming, but if Noxon chucks out the script quickly enough we could be hearing about casting pretty soon in the future.

Noxon found her Fright Night

Melissa Molina — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:13:44 +0000

The grim reality of the ever growing onslaught of remakes continues with Mad Men writer Marti Noxon ready to pen Fright Night. This will not be Noxon’s first brush with the supernatural, having previous experience as a writer on the popular Joss Whedon show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the spinoff show Angel. Dreamworks is in charge of keeping this production afloat with producers Michael De Luca, Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta all on board.

The horror-comedy feature has made it’s fair share of appearances within the news this year, quickly dying off at the start only to get a boost of life back into the project much to my dismay. Even though THR reported the news that’s so typical to hear nowadays, this reporter just hates being reminded of the fact that at this point with this town, no film is good enough or safe to not be remade.

Fincher and Walker like Peter Proud

Melissa Molina — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:09:01 +0000

David Fincher and Andrew Kevin Walker are teaming up once again for Columbia Pictures newest project The Reincarnation of Peter Proud. This is the first time the duo has worked alongside each other since the 1995 thriller mystery Seven. Walker, who wrote the 2009 version of The Wolfman, will be penning the script with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button helmer Fincher directing. Producing with Fincher will be Michael De Luca and Alison Rosenzweig.

Proud centers on a college professor who begins having recurring dreams and nightmares and, realizing they are images of a past life, decides to search out the source of the visions. With his girlfriend in tow, he discovers a woman and her grown-up daughter who are keys to his past life (THR). The story is originally based off of a novel of the same name by Max Ehrlich published in 1974. The book then a year later became a film, so technically this is not only a novel adaptation but a remake too. By this point every other film being announced is based off of something and continually proves the lack of creativity that runs through Tinseltown’s veins.