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Guy Pearce Tells Katie Holmes 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'
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Guy Pearce just doesn't do enough movies for my liking. It's not as though he's vanished, but he seems to maintain a fairly low profile every time he blows everyone away with a big, meaty part like L.A. Confidential or Memento. But he has a lot of great projects coming up (the most exciting of which has to be The Road), and he's added a very intriguing one to his slate: the remake of 1973's telepic Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pearce and Bailee Madison have joined Katie Holmes in Troy Nixey's remake. It's a fairly loose adaptation of the 1973 original, which was centered around a couple, Sally and Alex, who inherited an old mansion from Sally's grandmother. Sally accidentally uncovers a hellish portal that allows a bunch of demons to escape and wreck bloody havoc. Naturally, no one believes her, and is convinced she's having a nervous breakdown thanks to all that home repair. Because it was the 1970s, it didn't even end well for Sally who just wanted a new fireplace. For those tired of seeing "remake" tacked onto everything, and for fans of the original, you'll be happy to know that the new Dark isn't so much a remake as a story "inspired by" those demonic creatures of old.
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Katie Holmes Will Face Guillermo del Toro's Darkness
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Mad Money certainly didn't do anything for Katie Holmes' career, and proved to be a supremely crappy follow-up to Thank You For Smoking. However, she may just have found a gig to thrust her back into the cinematic spotlight. Variety reports that Holmes will star in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark -- the thriller written by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins, which Troy Nixey (a del Toro protege) will direct.Remember the project? It's the remake of the 1973 ABC television movie that got cooking last summer. The telepic followed a young girl who moves in with her father and new girlfriend. Rather than having to deal with the frights of new mommies, the girl faces creepy, napkin-stealing monsters -- classic '70s chills.
Now the obvious question is: What will this do for Ms. Holmes? Nolan's Batman didn't help at all, and in fact hurt when Maggie Gyllenhaal ruled the role, but facing devilish creatures is a lot different than being a woman of Gotham law. Does Katie have what it takes to face del Toro's demons? Or, do you think it will follow in her tradition of Disturbing Behavior and Teaching Mrs. Tingle? I'm hoping for the former. I've been waiting a while to see the magic of Libbets Casey come back to the big screen.
Guillermo del Toro is Afraid of the Dark
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One would think that Guillermo del Toro would be crazy busy with moving to New Zealand and gearing up for The Hobbit, but he has enough time to also be afraid of the dark. Yahoo/Reuters reports the director is teaming up with Miramax to produce a remake of the 1973 television movie Don't Be Afraid of the Dark -- which tells the story of a young girl who goes to live with her dad and his new girlfriend, and finds creepy creatures under the stairs (and table). You can check out a clip above -- there's something darned creepy about a napkin getting pulled off your lap, into the dark, under-table depths.
Troy Nixey, a comic book artist and writer, will get his feature directorial debut with the film, which del Toro is currently adapting with Matthew Robbins (who worked with him on Mimic). New monsters will be created for the film, which should be pretty wild with del Toro's involvement, but development on that aspect hasn't begun yet.
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