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McLovin/Red Mist Becomes Evil Ed in ‘Fright Night’ Redo!!
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, best known as “McLovin” from Superbad and “Red Mist” from Kick-Ass, is becoming another fan-fav. The geeky co-star who’s been lighting it up in Hollywood has landed the role of the infamous “Evil Ed” in DreamWorks’ 3-D redo of Fright Night. Mintz-Plasse plays the best friend of Anton Yelchin as Charlie, a teen convinced that his new neighbor (Colin Farrell) is a vampire. Evil Ed feels slighted that Charlie has left his nerdy past behind and thus joins the vampire’s coven. David Tennant, best known for starring in the BBC series “Doctor Who,” has also landed a role of Peter Vincent, a character who in the original 1985 movie was played by Roddy McDowall as the host of a late-night horror show. In the remake, he’s a Las Vegas magician whose show revolves around horror-movie imagery. Vincent claims to be a vampire expert, but when the teen turns to him for assistance, he’s less than helpful. Toni Collette was previously cast as Charlie’s disbelieving mom, who falls under the vampire’s spell.
Pictured: Christopher Mintz-Plasse, left, and David Tennant
Prequel movie The Conjuring: First Communion is headed to theaters on September 10, 2027, and Matthias Schweighöfer (Army of the Dead) has joined the cast.
Deadline reports, “No word yet on the role to be played by Schweighöfer.”
Garrett Wareing (Ransom Canyon) and Amanda Fix (Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma) will play the young versions of Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring: First Communion.
Plot details remain under wraps at this time, but the upcoming prequel movie comes from director Rodrigue Huart, from a script by Richard Naing & Ian Goldberg.
It’s not certain if Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be appearing at all, though it seems the film will at least primarily focus on the young versions of their characters.
There are currently nine films in The Conjuring universe — The Conjuring, Annabelle, The Conjuring 2, Annabelle: Creation, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The Nun 2, and last year’s The Conjuring: Last Rites. Matt Donato recently ranked every single movie in the hit saga, and you can read that ranking article right here.
A Conjuring Universe television series is allegedly also in the works.
Franchise producer Peter Safran previously said of The Conjuring Universe, “There’s so much more to it that we haven’t dug into. So the truth is, I think there are really exciting ways to go with both film and television, frankly. It would be incredibly satisfying. People have been on this journey with us for a dozen years now. I think they want more.”