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[Trailer] Blumhouse Turns the Classic TV Series ‘Fantasy Island’ into a Full Blown Horror Movie
Be careful what you fantasize about.
Blumhouse & Sony are taking us back to Fantasy Island on February 14, 2020 for a bold new vision of the late ’70s-early ’80s TV series, reimagined as a murder-mystery horror film.
Naturally, fantasies become nightmares in Blumhouse’s take on the mysterious island, which forces the guests to live out twisted versions of their deepest, darkest desires.
But the reason they’re there may be even more sinister than that…
This looks like one of those fun, ’90s style horror movies that’s probably going to make Blumhouse a ton of money. We don’t talk enough about how smart Blumhouse has gotten with their release dates, which are frequently tied to holidays. Young couples, in particular, are likely to eat this up on Valentine’s weekend, whether they’ve heard of the TV series or not.
Check out the official trailer below.
In Fantasy Island:
“The Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (played by Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.”
Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) also stars with Michael Rooker, Charlotte McKinney, Parisa Fitz-Henley and Austin Stowell.
Truth or Dare’s Jeff Wadlow directed a script written by Wadlow, Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs.
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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