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Early Sales Art for New Lovecraft Adaptation ‘Herbert West: Reanimator’ Surfaces
We told you around this time last year about a film titled Re-Animator: Evolution, which was at the time in development with Serge Levin attached to direct. Levin exclusively revealed to us that it was essentially set to be a new adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “Herbert West–Reanimator,” rather than a remake of the 1985 film.
What’s going on with all that? It looks like the film, hailing from Isle Empire Films, is now in pre-production, though the title has been changed to Herbert West: Reanimator.
In the new adaptation…
“Pursued by the police, an ambitious neuroscientist uses a neutrino impulse to bring his dead wife back to life, unintentionally unlocking within her dormant powers that threaten the existence of everyone he knows.”
As Levin explained to us last year, he’s “making sure that the spirit and the story elements are more loyal to the original written material of H.P. Lovecraft,” making for a film that’ll be “darker, more thought provoking, and definitely more grounded in science than the first adaptation.”
He continued, “Staying more true to the short story, we will have Major Eric Moreland Clapham-Lee, as one of the characters from the original written material. Many other story and character elements that I don’t want to reveal yet…resonate with the H.P. Lovecraft’s original vision.”
Last we heard, Johnathon Schaech, Brad Dourif and Lin Shaye were attached, but we can’t be sure that any of the actors are still currently involved with the project.
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‘Ready or Not’: Radio Silence Filmmakers Tease the “Absolute Banger” of a Sequel That’s Taking Shape
It was first reported a couple weeks ago that Ready or Not 2 is now in development, with Adam Robitel (The Taking of Deborah Logan, Insidious: The Last Key, Escape Room, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions) in talks to direct the sequel to the 2019 box office hit. Additionally, we had learned that Samara Weaving would be returning to star.
Entertainment Weekly caught up with Ready or Not directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin in the wake of those reports, and we’ve now got an update straight from the source.
“It’s getting figured out. That’s what we’ll say: Ready or Not 2 is getting figured out,” Gillett tells EW, confirming last month’s report. “What we can say is that there is a script that is an absolute fucking banger of a sequel. And however it gets made, and in whatever capacity we are helping get it made, we are so excited that it’s happening.”
“I don’t think we knew after making [Ready or Not] that there would be so much story left to tell,” Gillett continues. “We’re so proud of what that first movie is, we’re so proud of what the sequel is. We’re just really excited, and fingers crossed that it gets made.” Bettinelli-Olpin adds, “And with Searchlight and Samara, they’re not gonna let it down.”
The first film introduced a mythology wherein the wealthy Le Domas family has made a deal with the devil, one that requires them to take part in bizarre – and deadly – wedding night traditions. There’s much that can be done with the premise going forward, even if the first movie ended with Weaving’s Grace massacring the family and burning down their estate.
Wikipedia reminds, “The sole survivor of the night, Grace walks out of the burning manor just as the police arrive. Upon asking her what happened, she simply replies: in-laws.”
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