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Dante Tomaselli Says He’s Still Working on a Remake of the 1976 Horror Film ‘Alice, Sweet Alice’
As you may or may not even recall, we had reported *seven years ago* that Dante Tomaselli (Torture Chamber) was working on a remake of the 1976 horror film Alice, Sweet Alice, which was directed by Alfred Sole; Tomaselli, it’s interesting to note, is actually Sole’s cousin. Early casting had begun about a year later, but then the project seemed to disappear completely.
Well, in a new chat with Arrow this week, Tomaselli lets it be known that the remake is very much still in development. “My cousin and I still have a remake in the cards,” he says.
Tomaselli also told the site, “Be on the look out for my cousin’s film, Alice, Sweet Alice. It’s coming out on Blu-ray in August through Arrow Video and I witnessed exclusive clips of the restoration print – it looks incredible! We’re in talks about releasing official Alice, Sweet Alice Halloween masks with Trick or Treat’s Justin Mabry.”
In the original, “Paula Sheppard is Alice, a pouty, petulant problem child at that awkward age living with her precocious little sister Karen (Brooke Shields) and single mom. When Karen is murdered during her first communion and Alice takes her place in line, suspicion immediately falls on her. Then a diminutive killer in a yellow slicker and opaque mask continues the reign of terror, and Alice’s estranged father takes up the investigation to prove her innocence.“
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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