A Director Found for Disney's The Night Stalker Reboot with Johnny Depp
February 22nd, 2012
Since first hearing about Johnny's Depp's involvement in a feature version of the '70s TV movie The Night Stalker, we've been wondering who might direct the film, and today our answer has come. Read on for the details.
According to Deadline, Disney is setting Edgar Wright (pictured) to direct The Night Stalker, the remake of the ABC telepic and series that the studio is developing as a potential star vehicle for Johnny Depp to play intrepid tabloid reporter Carl Kolchak. Depp and his Infinitum Nihil partner Christi Dembrowski will produce, and David Kennedy will be the executive producer of the film.
Wright, best known for directing Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, comes aboard before the studio has selected a writer, and he will oversee and shape the project with Depp and Dembrowski from the ground floor.
Originated by Darren McGavin, Kolchak was the dogged journalist first seen in a 1972 made-for-TV movie wherein he hunted a killer who was draining the blood of beautiful girls on the Las Vegas strip and later in the ABC series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker". Kolchak's investigations always seemed to lead him to the doorstep of vampires, zombies, werewolves, and aliens. For its time, it was pretty scary stuff. Like "Dark Shadows", the "Kolchak" series was produced by the late Dan Curtis.
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Edgar Wright is too insanely talented to be saddled with the giant EGO of Depp. His unique style will be dumbed down and made more palatable for mainstream Hollywood. The end results should be as bland and unappealing as Raimi's Spider-Man efforts.
Submitted by Vanvance1 on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 5:58pm.
I don't see Depp as having a huge ego, but I am very glad to see him doing something with someone other than Burton! I think he and Wright should be a really interesting combo.
Submitted by The Woman In Black on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 7:44pm.