Cary Elwes Joins Blumhouse’s Black Christmas Remake in Thriller Position
Cary Elwes has joined the solid of Blumhouse’s Black Christmas remake in a thriller function. Blumhouse revealed simply final week that it could be doing a remake of the 1974 cult horror traditional. The unique Black Christmas was directed by Bob Clark, who, funnily sufficient, would later go on to direct a much more healthful festive movie within the form of 1983’s A Christmas Story. Set on a university campus simply earlier than Christmas break, Black Christmas focuses on a gaggle of faculty ladies – together with Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder – stalked by a deranged killer who taunts them with menacing cellphone calls.
As one of many earliest slashers and one of many earliest films to characteristic the ‘last woman’ trope, Black Christmas influenced many later slasher horrors – most notably John Carpenter’s seminal 1978 slasher Halloween. It was beforehand remade in 2006 with a movie directed by Glen Morgan (Willard, Closing Vacation spot three) and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane, Fargo). The 2006 remake was not very nicely obtained, nonetheless, partly as a result of it gave the film’s killer motivation and a backstory, which the unique Black Christmas cleverly stayed away from.
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Given Blumhouse’s horror credentials, Black Christmas followers are hopeful this remake will fare higher than the 2006 remake. Now that Deadline has reported the proficient Cary Elwes has joined the solid in an as but unknown function, a top quality remake seems to be much more possible. Though he’s most likely greatest recognized for his function as Westley in one other cult traditional, The Princess Bride, Elwes is a seasoned horror actor too. He’s starred in Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Psych 9 and performed Dr. Lawrence Gordon within the Lionsgate horror films Noticed and Noticed 3D. He’s additionally set to star as Mayor Kline in season three of Stranger Issues when it airs subsequent month. Whereas his function in Black Christmas stays a thriller, his casting is actually excellent news for the Blumhouse remake.
Elwes joins fellow solid members that embrace Imogen Poots (Popstar: By no means Cease By no means Stopping, Inexperienced Room), Aleyse Shannon (Inez & Doug & Kira, Charmed), Brittany O’Grady (Star, The Messengers), Lily Donoghue (Jane the Virgin, The Goldbergs), Caleb Eberhardt (The Put up, The Defenders) and Ben Black (The Cul De Sac, Roman Empire).
Blumhouse’s Black Christmas remake can be directed by Sophia Takal (All the time Shine, Into the Darkish) and contains a script penned by Takal and screenwriter April Wolfe. Filming will begin quickly on location in New Zealand and Black Christmas is appropriately set for launch simply a few weeks earlier than Christmas Day on December 13.
Supply: Deadline