Thursday, August 02, 2007

The Changeling remake


From bloody-disgusting, Director extrordinairre Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy) will produce Rogue Pictures' The Changeling, the long-delayed remake of the classic George C. Scott film from 1979, according to Variety. The film, which inspired The Ring, follows a man who is haunted in his mansion by the ghost of a girl. The screenplay for the remake was written by Paul Haggis and Dave Kajganich, although no word yet on if their draft will be used.

3 comments:

Octopunk said...

I saw the original once; I think we rented the tape from good old Video Connection. I recall it being pretty good.

I never heard that it inspired The Ring, though.

DKC said...

Ahh, the Video Connection...such memories. Mostly that the woman who ran it had a really bad Flock of Seagulls haircut and wanted to date our Dad!

JPX said...

Video Connection, where everything was "out" except 16 Candles and Breakfast Club, which DCD rented every other day!

Salem's Lot 1979 and Salem's Lot 2024

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