Paramount Pictures is remaking the Paraguayan thriller Morgue with horror writer Eric Heisserer (Bird Box, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Thing, Final Destination 5) who will produce under his Chronology banner, reports Deadline.
The original version of Morgue was written, produced, and directed by Hugo Cardozo, and featured dialogue in Spanish and Guarani.
In the film, “After hitting someone with his car and fleeing the scene, a freelance security guard is assigned to cover a night shift at the hospital where he discovers the body of his victim in the morgue. As the night progresses, he is tormented by his guilt… or something more sinister.”
Cardozo and his producing partner, Guido Rud, will Executive Produce the English language revamp.
Heisserer is also the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Arrival.