Yet another horror remake is in the works! (Followed by yet another uncontrollable Tourettes-like spasm from yours truly) Screen Gems Pictures is set to remake the original ‘The Stepfather’, and hire Dylan Walsh (of ‘Nip/Tuck’ fame) to play the menacing role that the great Terry O’ Quinn played in the 1987 thriller.
Moviehole gives us this:
Screen Gems is aiming the film as more of a Hitchcock-style thriller than the original, says Variety. It centers on a teenage boy (Badgley) who discovers his soon-to-be stepfather isn’t all he appears. In fact, the man who fell in love with his mother (Sela Ward), might be a psycho who murdered his previous family. Palicki would play the boy’s girlfriend.
Although I’m not too pleased about yet another horror classic being remade, I can’t deny the superb casting decision of letting Dylan Walsh play the homicidal killer. He always plays the meek, weak, and righteous characters and it would be great to see him tackle this role. The casting of Dylan Walsh is probably going to be the only reason for me to go to the theat…..oops, I mean rent this on DVD. ( I can already sense now, it’s not worth going to see on the big screen :P)
