Besides a status set in “pre-production,” a teaser poster, some concept art, and a detailed synopsis, not much is known about this retelling of Lovecraft’s tale. That is to say, we don’t know who’s directing or starring or producing or writing it… just that’s it’s in “pre-production.” So let’s get to the we do know–like the film’s synopsis:
Detective Davis Tillinghast is a modern day Sherlock Holmes, using his keen intellect and powers of deduction to solve the cases no one else can … until now. A series of bizarre and seemingly impossible mutilations have him stumped, the only tenuous clue leading back to the laboratory of his estanged brother Crawford, a crazed genius obsessed with inter-dimensional physics. Crawford has invented an instrument that hyper-stimulates the pineal gland of the brain, making visible the many thousands of parallel universes that occupy our space/time continuum. But unbeknownst to him this machine is also empowering creatures from other realities, giving them the ability to “drift” – travel between dimensions. Davis discovers that a “drifter” has been causing the random mutilations and sets out to destroy his brother’s machine. In the process, Davis is exposed to a vast amount of the machine’s energy, turning him too into a drifter.
Alrighty then. I get that the film isn’t necessarily a remake of Gordon’s, but more of a retelling of Lovecraft’s original tale–but is it really necessary? Do we need another one? Methinks not. To check out the full scoop, including the concept art for this new vision, click HERE, and stick around for… any news we can find on this flick!