Sounds like those rumors about Craig Gillespie’s remake of 1985 horror-comedy “Fright Night” going meta might turn out to be true. Star of the original flick, Chris Sarandon, has reportedly filmed a cameo in the remake described as one that “links the original and the remake in a very appropriate way.”
This seemingly confirms early word reporting that (obviously, somewhat spoiler-ish…) the new Charlie Brewster, to be played by Anton Yelchin, would be taking a meta approach to his neighboring vampiric problem by seeking out the stars of Tom Holland’s original film for assistance.
At the same time, however, the original report did note that Brewster would be acquiring Sarandon’s help instead of magician Peter Vincent. That role though has been cast with a name actor (David Tennant) and an early look at his character has already been unveiled — surely his role isn’t that insignificant then? Either way, the potential for the meta approach and acknowledgment of the 1985 film’s existence in the remake will provide an interesting turn to an already promising project.
The Vegas-set script comes courtesy of “Buffy” and “Mad Men” scribe Marti Noxon with a supporting cast boasting the likes of Toni Collette as Brewster’s mother, Imogen Poots as his love interest, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as his friend Evil Ed, Colin Farrell as a “Jaws”-like vampire living next door and Dave Franco as a high school bully.
“Fright Night” is scheduled for a pre-Halloween October 7th release next year. [Mania/AICN]
