Bloody Disgusting has learned that Ghost House Pictures and Mandate are currently developing another remake of the Japanese Ju-on franchise.
Before the 2004 American remake, The Grudge, Ju-on was originally released as two low-budget straight-to-video Japanese television movies in 2000. Three years later, due to the success of the videos, Takashi Shimizu, director of all, made a theatrical version based on the videos, titled Ju-on: The Grudge.
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Nicolas Pesce has been set to rewrite and direct The Grudge reboot for Ghost House Pictures. Pesce, who made his directorial debut on the critically acclaimed 2016 Sundance pic The Eyes of My Mother, will resuscitate the Takashi Shimazu-directed 2004 film that helped establish the viability of low-cost genre films. The new film is based on a script by Midnight Meat Train scribe Jeff Buhler, and it will be produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise. Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will executive produce. Erin Westerman and Romel Adam will oversee for Ghost House.
So The Grudge is being remade once again as I’m sure most die hard horror fans will already know. The thing is do we really need another version… Not really. Would we want a new version? Hmm… Maybe. Here’s why I am kind of on the fence with this one.
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The team behind the Evil Dead remake is getting back together, but it’s not for a sequel. Ghost House Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will reunite with writing partners Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues on the thriller A Man in the Dark. Alvarez and Sayagues wrote the 2013 Evil Dead remake, which Raimi and Tapert produced and Alvarez directed, and they will all assume those same roles on this new film. The story revolves around three teens with a penchant for robbery who set their sights on one last score: a reclusive blind man with millions of dollars in hiding. Once they break into his home, however, they find themselves trapped and fighting for survival against a psychopath with secrets of his own.
Hit the jump for more, including what this means for the Evil Dead sequel.
Well, I loved the first one that Michelle Geller made even though it wasn't the original and the others that followed weren't that great.
The Japanese versions have a way of scaring the crap out of you. I do however like to watch them. The original "The Eye" made in Japan was very creepy and so was 'The Grudge' but I don't know if I would go see another one until I know who was going to actually be in it.