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John Hillcoat and Nicolas Winding Refn Remaking ‘Witchfinder General’
The Vincent Price-starring 1968 classic Witchfinder General is next up on the remake chopping block, Deadline reports out of Cannes today, with John Hillcoat (The Road, Lawless) on board to direct and Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, The Neon Demon) producing! Refn, as you may recall, has been attached to a remake of the film for a few years now.
“The filmmakers are out to cast with a start eyed later this year,” Deadline notes.
In the Michael Reeves-directed original:
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch hunter.
“I am excited to work with fellow filmmaker Nic Refn, a maverick auteur and who, together with Rupert Preston, have been fully committed to independent cinema over the years. I’m drawn to the dynamic departures behind this remake,” says Hillcoat. “The idea of a world pushed to extremes where fear preys upon all, unleashing religious fanaticism, rival factions, tribalism, heretics, and witch hunts… feels strangely familiar in today’s world.”
Jon Croker (Woman In Black 2) wrote the script
Refn and Rupert Preston, through Bynwr.com and Sunrise Films, are producing with Hillcoat’s Blank Films.
Chris Columbus (Gremlins – writer, Home Alone – director) is headed back into the director’s chair for Thursday Murder Club, Amblin’s upcoming feature film adaptation of the same-titled novel written by Richard Osman. Variety first reported the news this morning.
It’s not a horror movie, mind you, but rather a star-studded murder-mystery. Think Rian Johnson’s Knives Out… only this particular murder-mystery is set in a retirement community!
Variety details, “The book, released in 2020, tells the story of four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and solve cold cases for fun. When a shady property developer is found dead, the four find themselves in the middle of their first live crime.”
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley are “being eyed” to lead the cast!
Richard Osman’s 2020 novel was such a hit that it launched a franchise. Follow-up The Man Who Died Twice followed in 2021, with The Bullet That Missed coming along in 2022. And then there was The Last Devil to Die in 2023, with a fifth book in the series expected in 2025.
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