A well-liked horror franchise is getting rebooted with Justin Lengthy.
Lengthy has starred in various horror films all through his profession, together with 2001’s Jeepers Creepers, 2009’s Drag Me to Hell, 2014’s Tusk, 2022’s Barbarian, 2023’s It’s a Fantastic Knife, and extra. He’ll quickly be seen in a vampire cop film titled Evening Patrol, which can be launched in theaters subsequent January.
What well-liked horror franchise is being rebooted with Justin Lengthy?
Per Selection, Lengthy is now hooked up to star in a reboot of Grave Encounters. He’s additionally producing the film alongside his spouse, Kate Bosworth.
Launched in 2011, Grave Encounters is a Canadian discovered footage film written and directed by Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, also referred to as The Vicious Brothers. It stars Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir, and Mackenzie Grey.
“A actuality present crew filming inside an deserted psychological hospital realizes that the constructing shouldn’t be solely haunted, however isn’t going to allow them to go away,” an outline of the film reads.
Whereas Grave Encounters wasn’t an enormous hit on the field workplace on the time of its launch, it’s since accrued a cult following. A sequel, Grave Encounters 2, was launched in 2012, whereas there have been additionally plans for a 3rd film that finally by no means got here to fruition.
Minihan and Ortiz are creating the brand new Grave Encounters film. They may even function producers, as will Shawn Angelski.
“Our artistic reference to Colin was plain on Coyotes, and we wished to proceed that relationship as shortly as attainable,” Lengthy and Bosworth mentioned in an announcement. “He’s a really uncommon mixture of good filmmaker and enjoyable collaborator, and we’re thrilled to assist him resurrect a brand new imagining of one among his first horror gems, Grave Encounters. Grave Encounters has such a passionate fan base, and we embody ourselves amongst them. We hope to honor the legacy of the unique movie, whereas unleashing one thing even darker.”
Manufacturing is predicted to start subsequent 12 months. A launch date has not but been set.
