Variety announced this morning that Fox 2000 has snagged the remake rights to Brian De Palma’s supernatural horror flick THE FURY, with Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman set to pen the script.
I suppose ‘remake’ is a harsh word. As Variety puts it, it’s a ‘reimagining’ of the 1978 film originally starring Amy Irving, Kirk Douglas, and John Cassavetes. The film was based on a book by John Farris… but the ‘reimagining’ is based on the movie, and the not the original source material, so… I suppose it IS a remake, afterall!
The new FURY is set to go something like this: a young man with heightened kinetic powers is abducted by the government in order to take advantage of his special gifts. Which is a hard cry from the original, which went like this: a government agent is determined to come to his son’s rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harbor his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
See how the ‘reimagning’ takes it to a whole new level? Sheesh… Anyway, no director has been set up yet as the script is currently being worked on, but it’s only a matter of time before director and cast members are announced. Stick around for more on THE FURY, and if you haven’t already, now would be a good time to check out the original!
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