Coming off the remake of Death Wish starring Bruce Willis, horror director Eli Roth is going to try something more fantastical.
Roth, who is best known for Cabin Fever, Hostel, Knock, Knock, and Green Inferno, has been tapped to direct The House With a Clock in its Walls for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, Deadline reports.
Coming off Goosebumps, Jack Black will star in the adaptation of the 1973 John Bellairs book illustrated by Edward Gorey. It is part of a 12-book series. Eric Kripke wrote the script.
The novel that tells the tale of a recently orphaned 10-year-old boy who discovers a world of hidden passageways, magic and danger in his Uncle’s old house.
Brad Fischer and James Vanderbilt will produce with Kripke. The exec producers include William Sherak, Tracey Nyberg and Laeta Kalogridis.
The hope is to start production this fall.
