Remake
In May 2009, it was revealed that DreamWorks would be overseeing a remake of Fright Night. Mike De Luca, Michael Gaeta, and Alison Rosenzweig are the producers. Marti Noxon wrote the script of the remake. In March 2010 it was announced that Craig Gillespie would direct the remake, and it was financed by Steven Spielberg with his company DreamWorks. It will be released and distributed by Disney under the Touchstone banner, as part of the 30-picture deal between DreamWorks Studios and the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group.
The film was shot in New Mexico, and wrapped in 2010 with Anton Yelchin to play the lead as teenage Charlie Brewster who thinks his next door neighbor is a vampire. Toni Collette plays Charlie's mother. Colin Farrell plays the antagonist/charismatic neighbor/vampire Jerry Dandridge, originally portrayed by Chris Sarandon. David Tennant plays the role of Peter Vincent. In the remake, Vincent is a Las Vegas magician whose show revolves around horror-movie imagery. Sandra Vergara, sister of actress Sofia Vergara, plays his girlfriend, the magician's assistant. Christopher Mintz-Plasse plays Evil Ed. Imogen Poots plays Charlie's girlfriend Amy. Chris Sarandon cameos as a hapless passerby who encounters the vampire.
On August 19, 2011 the film was released in Real D 3D with Paradise FX's Tri Delta camera systems. Max Penner (CTO of Paradise FX) is the Stereographer.
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