In an article right here on Bloody Disgusting, Meagan Navarro recently called 1955’s The Night of the Hunter a “southern Gothic masterpiece,” adding that the Robert Mitchum-starring film is “a beautiful work of art as well as a chilling horror tale that has influenced many modern filmmakers.” We bring the film back up again today because a remake is now in the works.
Variety reports that Universal Pictures is remaking The Night of the Hunter, which was directed by Charles Laughton. The original film was based on Davis Grubb’s same-titled novel.
Matt Orton (Operation Finale) is writing the script for Universal.
“The Night of the Hunter follows a religious fanatic, con man and murderer who marries a widow, knowing that her deceased husband had hid $10,000 from authorities following a bank robbery. The widow’s young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the money as the man plots more sinister ways to find where to find the cash.”
Amy Pascal and Peter Gethers will produce the new take on the material.