Its crazy and surreal to know that the 1955 masterpiece “NIGHT OF THE HUNTER” was a critical and commercial flop and ended the directing career of Charles Laughton, even though quite rightly its now considered as a much loved masterpiece.
Its been announced today that Scott Derrickson of THE BLACK PHONE and SINISTER fame, has been hired to direct a remake for the modern generation with C. Robert Cargill (Sinister) co- writing the script!
The original had Robert Mitchum as an evil murderous con man, looking for the £10,000 hidden away from his new bride’s deceased husband, money taken from a bank robbery.
It be interesting to see how this pans out, but Derrickson has got a good reputation, even though as always, I can never get too excited when a new remake is announced.
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