Before director Craig Gillespie heads off to make Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the Lars and the Real Girl helmer will release his remake of the 1985 cult classic Fright Night. This update stars Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, Imogen Poots and Toni Collette.
Even though it is unfortunately in 3D, it looks like a bit of fun. I always enjoy Farrell schlocking it up and Yelchin has the acting chops to go alongside him. Gillespie makes a lot of interesting choices (just look at his wildly varying filmography) and lets just hope this will turn out better than Mr. Woodcock. Check out the trailer below via IGN.
Synopsis:
Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all—he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But trouble arrives when an intriguing stranger Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right—and everyone, including Charlie’s mom (Toni Collette), doesn’t notice. After witnessing some very unusual activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone that he’s telling the truth, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this Craig Gillespie-helmed revamp of the comedy-horror classic.
Fright Night hits theaters August 13th, 2011.
Were you a fan of the original? What do you think of this trailer?