THE CHANGELING Remake Sports New Twists & Turns; Snags Director
Mike Sprague
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Joel B. Michaels, the producer of the classic 1980 supernatural thriller The Changeling with George C. Scott is heading a remake of the film.
And today we learned that Finnish director Anders Engström (Taboo, Hanna, See) is aboard to direct from a screenplay written by Tab Murphy, which is said to introduce “several new twists and turns”.
Joel B. Michaels tells Deadline: “I am overjoyed at having the unique opportunity to reimagine an updated version of the iconic film The Changeling that I produced so many years ago. It’s flattering to know that it proved to have inspired a rash of filmmakers that paid homage to the original film. I am excited to be working with Anders Engström who will bring his own contemporary vision to the film.”
Uwe Schott and Stefan Arndt (Babylon Berlin) are also producing with Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder serving as executive producers.
The plan is to shoot the remake in Ireland.
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The original film centers on composer John Russell (George C. Scott) who is vacationing with his family when a car accident kills his wife and daughter. Distraught with grief, Russell leaves his home in New York City for a giant, secluded house near Seattle. Soon Russell starts to feel the presence of a ghost, a boy who drowned in the bathtub there. Russell seeks the assistance of Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), who led him to the house initially, in uncovering the secrets of the boy’s death.
It sports an 83% rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: George C. Scott’s somber performance gives this haunted house horror a moving soul to go along with its harrowing scares.
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