Robert Pattinson groups with Smile director Parker Finn for a remake of Andrzej Żuławski’s weird psychological horror Possession.
THR stories that Robert Pattinson is teaming up with Smile director Parker Finn for a remake of Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession.
The unique 1981 movie stars Sam Neill as a global spy who returns dwelling to search out that his spouse (Isabelle Adjani) desires a divorce. Throw in infidelity, homicide, abuse, and a weird tentacle creature, and also you’ve obtained the makings of 1 hell of a film. Possession is to not everybody’s style and critics didn’t know what to make of it upon its preliminary launch, however it has developed fairly a cult following over the a long time.
It’s nonetheless early days, however Parker Finn will write and direct the Possession remake. Robert Pattinson is ready to supply by his Icki Eneo Arlo manufacturing firm, however THR’s report states that “his acting involvement will be clarified down the road as script and schedules develop.” One would think about him taking up Sam Neill’s position. A bidding battle for the mission has damaged out, with A24, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros. all stated to be participating. Executives are reportedly thrilled with the “batshit” and “out there” story and in addition imagine the mission has “strong commercial potential.” I don’t know if I’d say that in regards to the authentic film.
Finn is at the moment in post-production on Smile 2, which finds Kyle Gallner reprising his position from the primary film. Naomi Scott, Lukas Cage, and Rosemarie DeWitt are additionally set to look within the sequel. We don’t know an excessive amount of in regards to the mission, however a teaser was screened at CinemaCon in Las Vegas earlier this 12 months. Our personal Lance Vlcek attended the conference and stated that Scott performs a Taylor Swift-type mega-star artist who will get sucked into the curse. In true sequel style, all the pieces appears to be like larger and slicker. The movie is at the moment slated to hit theaters on October 18th.
Finn has beforehand stated that he feels there’s quite a lot of fascinating stuff left to discover on this planet of Smile. “I would never want to just repeat myself or retread the same ground,” Finn stated. “I’d need to make it possible for there’s a brand new, thrilling, contemporary means into it that the viewers isn’t anticipating. I additionally need to discover some new methods to scare them and unnerve them. However so far as the way it might hook up with the primary one, I’d need that to be stunning as nicely.“
What do you consider this Possession remake?
