Warner Brothers Announces A Remake For The Lost Boys
by Meenakshi | Sat, 18 Sep 2021 07:30:17 GMT
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The American multinational entertainment conglomerate Warner Bros. is developing a remake for 1987's cult classic The Lost Boys. The reboot will feature Noah Jupe and Jaeden Martell in the lead role. The film will be written by Randy Mckinnon and directed by 37-year-old British filmmaker Jonathan Entwistle who will also be serving as the scriptwriter for Warner Bros. another upcoming film Static Shock. The Studio has not yet revealed the details regarding the filming or the release of the remake.

A remake announcement for the horror classic The Lost Boys is not a new proposal as the reboot for the film was being planned with even a planned television show at the CW, but later on it had to be called off due to unknown reasons.

Source: Screerant

The much-anticipated film will heavily focus around two brothers Michael and Sam Emerson who discovers a mysterious and deadly vampire gang terrorizing the beach town they live on with their newly divorced mother Lucy and her father, Santa Carla.

The Lost Boys is a horror vampire film which was followed by two sequels which include 2008's Lost Boys: The Tribe and 2010's Lost Boys: The Thirst which was directed by P.J Pesce and Dario Piana, respectively. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Harvey Bernhard with Jeffrey Boam serving as the screenplay writer. The complete cast of the film includes Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Jami Gertz, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Edward Herrmann, Billy Wirth, Dianne Wiest, Brooke McCarter, Alex Winter, Barnard Hughes, and Jamison Newlander. The film is a story of Michael Emerson and Sam Emerson discovering a town in California full of zombies as they travel with their recently divorced mother Lucy and her eccentric father.

The Lost Boys was released as well as produced under the banner of Warner Bros. The film was released in the theatres on 31st July 1987 and it became a commercial success for the studio, grossing over $32 million against a production budget of $8.5 million.

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