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David Cronenberg’s Creature-Feature ‘Shivers’ Is Being Remade…
David Cronenberg’s absolutely mind-blowing first film, the 1975 horror movie Shivers, is getting a remake from producers Jeff Sackman and Michael Baker, Variety learned at TIFF.
The project was unveiled at the ongoing festival with the producers noting that Cronenberg’s film received a special screening at this year’s festival.
Producers are already planning to start shooting in February.
The remake of Shivers will be directed by Danish filmmaker Rie Rasmussen from a screenplay written by Ian Driscoll.
“In Shivers, a genetically-engineered strain of parasites that turn people into violent, compulsive sex-addicts is released into a self-contained luxury apartment complex. The resident doctor attempts to find a cure before the infected, nymphomaniac inhabitants spread their legs – and the parasites.”
The new Shivers will be updated for today’s social and sexual realities. In a post-HIV world, where people interact through screens rather than skin, the parasite breaks down those digital barriers. This is a world that is both more liberated than that of 1975, and more fearful and uptight.
The original film was written and directed by Cronenberg and produced by Ivan Reitman with Link and John Dunning as executive producers. It was also known in some countries as They Came From Within.
Sackman will produce via TAJJ Media and Baker will produce his Bunk 11 Pictures with the film’s original executive producer, Andre Link, returning in that role.
“Mythic Quest” actor Chase Yi has been cast in a lead role in Paramount and Blumhouse’s new Paranormal Activity movie, Deadline reports this afternoon.
Ian Tuason (Undertone) will direct the eighth installment in the Paranormal Activity film franchise, set to release in theaters May 21, 2027.
As for character details or plot, well, those remain scarce at this stage.
While we wait for further news on whether the demonic Toby will reappear, Tuason previously revealed to Bloody Disgusting that technology will play a huge role in his vision: “Technology — camera technology — has advanced to a point where it’s become a big part of the film and what I want to do there.”
It’s fitting, especially as it was the original Paranormal Activity that inspired the filmmaker’s haunting debut, undertone.
Paranormal Activity, created by Oren Peli, first hit theaters in 2007. Its groundbreaking minimalist approach to found-footage ghost stories has spawned a seven-film franchise that’s grossed nearly $900 million worldwide.
Franchise originator Oren Peli will produce for Solana Films, with James Wan and Jason Blum producing for Blumhouse Atomic Monster. Michael Clear and Judson Scott will exec produce for Blumhouse Atomic, with Alayna Glasthal overseeing the project for the company. Other exec producers include Steven Schneider for Room 101, Inc., Dan Slater and Cody Calahan.
Also on the way soon is the Paranormal Activity stage play.
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