Night Stalker remake

[Tom Morrow]

‘The Night Stalker’ remake

Disney taps Edgar Wright to helm Johnny Depp in ‘The Night Stalker’ feature redo Deadline New York Disney is setting Edgar Wright to direct The Night Stalker, the remake of the ABC telepic and series that the studio is developing as a potential star vehicle for Johnny Depp to play intrepid tabloid reporter Carl Kolchak. Kolchak covered crime for a tabloid and his cases always led to supernatural perpetrators that included zombies, vampires, werewolves and aliens. Of course, neither his editor nor anyone else would believe him or allow him to run what seemed like outrageous stories. But Kolchak would put himself in grave danger each episode. Wright, best known for directing Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, comes aboard before the studio has set a writer, and he will oversee and shape the project with Depp and his Infinitum Nihil prducer Christi Dembrowski from the ground floor. The Night Stalker was one of two films that Depp and Dembrowski set at the studio. The other was a drama about the Midnight Ride made by Paul Revere to warn Colonial militia of the impending British invasion that made him a seminal figure in the American Revolutionary War. by Mike Fleming complete article

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High Fidelity writer hired for Night Stalker screenplay

Johnny Depp's 'Night Stalker' movie enlists 'High Fidelity' writer Disney is developing the big-screen take of the cult hit ABC show Hollywood Reporter D.V. DeVincentis has been tapped to write Disney’s big-screen adaptation of The Night Stalker. DeVincentis is best known for co-writing Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity. Stalker is one of the more high-profile projects in the works at the studio because Johnny Depp is attached to star and Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) is attached to direct. The project is based on the ABC television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, created by Jeff Rice and starring Darren McGavin. The series centered on Carl Kolchak, a reporter for the Chicago-based Independent News Service Stories, who investigated bizarre crimes committed by supernatural agents. The show ran for only one season (1974-75) but proved a hit in syndication. by Borys Kit complete article

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