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George Romero On Why He WON’T Be Directing ‘Deep Red’ 3-D Remake!
For those of you who questioned the baffling announcement out of Cannes back in May that George Romero would be helming a 3-D re-make of classic Dario Argento giallo Deep Red, you can now rest easy as Romero confirmed to B-D in an interview today that he has in fact dropped out of the project. Turns out the announcement came a little prematurely, as Romero hadn’t even had a chance to talk to Dario about the idea before the development was reported on. Read on for what he had to say!“I basically dropped out of it,” Romero said about the ‘Deep Red’ ‘3-D remake in an interview earlier today. The reason? Turns out a little sibling dysfunction is at the root of it all.
“I was approached by Dario’s brother, Claudio Argento, and the last time I worked with those guys they were together and still speaking to each other,” the director told us. “And I found out now that they’re not, and Claudio called me and asked me to do it, and he initially said that Dario was involved, and I said ‘well, I’d really like to talk to him about it.’ And the other numbers I had for Dario were old and no good anymore, and I finally had a friend give me a contact for Dario, and I wrote to him and he said no, he wasn’t involved and he didn’t appreciate the idea that Claudio was doing it so I said, ‘well hey man, then I’m out’.”
So there you have it, horror fiends. There may still be an unnecessary ‘Deep Red’ remake in the cards (stay posted), but Romero won’t be taking part in it.
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‘Skeletons’ – Creature Feature from ‘Strange Darling’ Director Receives Summer 2027 Release Date
Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner will reunite with their Strange Darling filmmaker JT Mollner for Skeletons, an upcoming creature feature that also stars Brie Larson and John Goodman. We’ve learned this week that it’s releasing in Summer 2027.
Skeletons will release in theaters from Sony on June 4, 2027.
The film’s cast will also include Ione Skye, Keith Carradine and Daithí Ó Haragáin.
From Sony Pictures, Skeletons is said to be a “modern take on the creature horror film.”
J.J. Abrams is producing. Mollner will direct from a script by Brian Duffield (Love and Monsters, No One Will Save You), based on the short story Fail-Safe by Philip Fracassi.
Skeletons is “told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.”
The film hails from Infrared, Bad Robot Productions, and Assemble Media.