Josh Trank Talks PUMPKINHEAD Reboot
Mike Sprague
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Chronicle director Josh Trank briefly mentioned a reboot of director Stan Winston’s creature feature cult classic Pumpkinhead starring Lance Henriksen in his in-depth profile over at Polygon earlier this week. And today the Fantastic Four filmmaker went a bit more in-depth regarding his short-live involvement with the film.
Trank tells ComicBook.com: “There was nothing significant to it. I, at one point, had a conversation with my agent, because I had gone from doing my, I guess, sort of micro-payday or whatever, indie movie, Chronicle, and then things started falling apart or whatever. But there was a lot of incoming stuff. After Fantastic Four, there was nothing, literally, nothing came in, which is fine. It did not surprise me and it was up to me at that point to just generate my own content.”
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He continued: “At one point, about a year later, I was on the phone with my agent. And he had mentioned to me in passing that at one of their morning meetings at the agency, somebody had brought up that there was a Pumpkinhead remake. This is over four years ago, but there was a Pumpkinhead remake, and that they were open to taking meetings with directors for that. So it wasn’t something that was brought to me. It was mentioned to me from my agent, ‘Do you have any interest in wanting to pursue something like that? If you want, we can set up that meeting.“
He adds: “That’s really all it was. To be honest, I’m obviously a huge film buff. I have never seen Pumpkinhead. So I mean, it would be funny if I watched it, and then I was suddenly [interested in making a reboot]. I should watch it, though, but I have not seen Pumpkinhead. My friend good friend [VFW and Bliss director] Joe Begos might get mad at me if he ever found out that I haven’t seen it. He’ll find out soon when you print it. I’ll deal with it.”
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Directed by legendary special effects artist Stan Winston, the original film centered on Ed Harley (Lance Henriksen) who seeks revenge against the teenagers responsible for his son’s death following a hit-and-run accident. With the help of a local witch, Ed summons the vengeful demon Pumpkinhead to hunt and kill the group of friends. But when Ed discovers a bond between himself and the creature, he begins to have second thoughts about employing the vicious monster, and he fights to end Pumpkinhead’s murderous rampage before it is too late.
The fiilm sports a 68% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: With effects work and solid direction from Stan Winston — and Lance Henriksen adding welcome gravitas — Pumpkinhead is a creature feature that stands a cut above.
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