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Back in March we reported that 28 Weeks Later’s Juan Carlos Fresnadillo had signed on to direct Haunted, a passion project by Steven Spielberg. Game of Thrones and Last Witch Hunter actress Rose Leslie (above) joins Annabelle’s Alfre Woodard (below) as the first cast members for this dark ghost tale from Amblin Entertainment. The script, penned by Chad and Carey Hayes (The Conjuring), for Haunted is inspired by the 1898 gothic novella Turn of the Screw written by Henry James. “The novella’s anonymous narrator is a young woman, a parson’s daughter, who is engaged as governess to two seemingly innocent children at a remote English country house. What initially seems a idyllic soon turns nightmarish, as she becomes convinced that the children are consorting with a pair of malevolent spirits. These are the ghosts of former employees at Bly: a valet and a previous governess. In life, scandalously, the two of them had been discharged as illicit lovers, and their
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, best known for his breakout film 28 Weeks Later, has signed on to direct Haunted, a film inspired by 1898’s gothic ghost story Turn of the Screw, according to Deadline. The script for the film was penned by Chad and Carey Hayes (The Conjuring). Film legend Steven Spielberg will be serving as Producer for the film. Turn of the Screw, written by Henry James, follows a young governess and her two young charges. There are dark entities lurking in the estate the children call home. The spirits want to possess the children and claim their souls. We can expect to see the premiere of Haunted, which serves as both an adaption of the novel and a reboot of the 1992 film Turn of the Screw, some time in 2017. Fresnadillo is also set to direct the upcoming reboot 1989 of the classic horror film Pet Sematary,
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The latest horror film to join the long list of remakes/reboots is the classic film, ‘Pet Sematary’. ’28 Weeks Later’ director Jaun Carlos Fresnadillo will be directing the reboot of ‘Pet Sematary’, which was based on the Stephen King novel by the same name. Jeff Buhler, who penned ‘The Midnight Meat Train’, wrote the script for the new version. The new version of the 1989 classic will focus more on the family’s emotional aspect of the story. Buhler has made the comments that this film will be very different than the classic, but will still retain certain events. Right now the reboot is in early preproduction and is waiting budget approval from Paramount, but they hope to start filming at the end of this year. Buhler My question to Paramount, why? ‘Pet Sematary’ is already the best it could possibly be. I hear romantic comedies could use some work, go reboot their movies and leave us horror fans alone to
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Back in March we reported that 28 Weeks Later’s Juan Carlos Fresnadillo had signed on to direct Haunted, a passion project by Steven Spielberg. Game of Thrones and Last Witch Hunter actress Rose Leslie (above) joins Annabelle’s Alfre Woodard (below) as the first cast members for this dark ghost tale from Amblin Entertainment. The script, penned by Chad and Carey Hayes (The Conjuring), for Haunted is inspired by the 1898 gothic novella Turn of the Screw written by Henry James. “The novella’s anonymous narrator is a young woman, a parson’s daughter, who is engaged as governess to two seemingly innocent children at a remote English country house. What initially seems a idyllic soon turns nightmarish, as she becomes convinced that the children are consorting with a pair of malevolent spirits. These are the ghosts of former employees at Bly: a valet and a previous governess. In life, scandalously, the two of them had been discharged as illicit lovers, and their
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, best known for his breakout film 28 Weeks Later, has signed on to direct Haunted, a film inspired by 1898’s gothic ghost story Turn of the Screw, according to Deadline. The script for the film was penned by Chad and Carey Hayes (The Conjuring). Film legend Steven Spielberg will be serving as Producer for the film. Turn of the Screw, written by Henry James, follows a young governess and her two young charges. There are dark entities lurking in the estate the children call home. The spirits want to possess the children and claim their souls. We can expect to see the premiere of Haunted, which serves as both an adaption of the novel and a reboot of the 1992 film Turn of the Screw, some time in 2017. Fresnadillo is also set to direct the upcoming reboot 1989 of the classic horror film Pet Sematary,
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The latest horror film to join the long list of remakes/reboots is the classic film, ‘Pet Sematary’. ’28 Weeks Later’ director Jaun Carlos Fresnadillo will be directing the reboot of ‘Pet Sematary’, which was based on the Stephen King novel by the same name. Jeff Buhler, who penned ‘The Midnight Meat Train’, wrote the script for the new version. The new version of the 1989 classic will focus more on the family’s emotional aspect of the story. Buhler has made the comments that this film will be very different than the classic, but will still retain certain events. Right now the reboot is in early preproduction and is waiting budget approval from Paramount, but they hope to start filming at the end of this year. Buhler My question to Paramount, why? ‘Pet Sematary’ is already the best it could possibly be. I hear romantic comedies could use some work, go reboot their movies and leave us horror fans alone to
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