(Left) Director David Sandberg on the set of ‘Till Daybreak’. Photograph: Kerry Brown. © 2024 Display Gems, Inc. and TSG Leisure II LLC. All Rights Reserved. (Proper) ‘The Amityville Horror’. Photograph: American Worldwide Footage.
Preview:
- ‘Shazam’ and ‘Lights Out’ director David F. Sandberg will direct the brand new ‘Amityville Horror’.
- Amazon MGM Studios is growing the film.
- One other indie take is already in growth.
Regardless of the fear that realtors would in all probability prefer to ignore of their listings, it appears increasingly more individuals need to transfer into the home that’s central to ‘The Amityville Horror’.
Again in July, we discovered that author/administrators Joseph and Vanessa Winter have been working with the producers of ‘Barbarian’ and ‘Companion’ to develop an unbiased take unmoored from the franchise continuity. However that’s not the one new film within the works.
“For God’s sake, get out!”
Launch Date: Jul 27, 1979
Run Time: 1 hr 58 min
Price range: $4,700,000
Deadline brings phrase that David F. Sandberg, who has been behind the likes of ‘Lights Out’, ‘Annabelle: Creation’ and the current ‘Till Daybreak’, is dipping into the horror world once more for a re-imagining of the unique ‘Amityville’ film.
Associated Article: Author/Administrators Joseph & Vanessa Winter Making New ‘Amityville’ Film
What’s the story of ‘Amityville’?
James Brolin in ‘The Amityville Horror’. Photograph: American Worldwide Footage.
The ‘Amityville’ story has its roots in Jay Ansen’s 1977 novel ‘The Amityville Horror’, which was partly used as inspiration for 1979’s eponymous film.
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, it starred James Brolin and Margot Kidder, grossed greater than $86 million in opposition to a modest finances and spawned a raft of follow-ups and reboots.
However stepping additional again than that, there’s a scary real-life historical past powering all of it. That started in 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his mother and father and 4 siblings of their residence at 112 Ocean in Amityville, New York.
A 12 months or so after the horrific crime, George and Kathy Lutz, together with their three youngsters, moved into the home, unaware of its darkish previous. And shortly after settling in, they claimed to expertise a collection of unsettling paranormal phenomena — amongst them, unexplained noises, chilly spots, foul odors, and sightings of unusual apparitions. After simply 28 days, the household fled the home, unable to endure the alleged supernatural occurrences any longer.
When will this new ‘Amityville Horror’ be on screens?
Whereas ‘The Conjuring: Final Rites’ co-writers Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing are aboard to craft the script for the brand new film, we’ll doubtless have to attend some time to see when this one is launched –– both in theaters or on to Prime Video.
(L to R) Margot Kidder, James Brolin in ‘The Amityville Horror’. Photograph: American Worldwide Footage.