Fright Night Remake In Works
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Dave
HollywoodReporter.com is reporting that DreamWorks is in the process of picking up a remake of
Fright Night. 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.
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