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New director finds a home on remake of The Orphanage

5 January 2010 1:48 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Among the many horror movie remakes in the pipeline is a new version of the brilliantly atmospheric Spanish ghost story The Orphanage.

The award-winning debut feature by Juan Antonio Bayona was released in 2007 and New Line quickly snapped up the rights with the intention of doing an American remake.

The project now appears to have a new director, with Variety reporting that Mark Pellington is in the hotseat. Pellington previously directed thriller Arlington Road, superb supernatural chiller The Mothman Prophecies and comedy drama Henry Poole is Here.

Back in 2007, New Line had said the remake would be produced by Guillermo del Toro, who was a producer and creative supervisor on the original, and in August last year, Larry Fessenden was hired as the director and began co-writing the screenplay with del Toro.

Fessenden previously helmed 1997 vampire film Habit, 2001 horror flick Wendigo (about the man-beast of Indian legend) and the 2006 thriller The Last Winter, »

- David Bentley

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The Orphanage Remake Gets a Director

4 January 2010 8:30 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

When American movie studios discover an effective foreign horror movie, their first instinct is to schedule a remake. Such is the case with the creepy Spanish horror movie The Orphanage, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and produced by Guillermo Del Toro, which followed a woman who takes over the orphanage where she was raised to find that the same imaginary friend who terrorized her as a child is now friends with her son.

Variety reports that the remake has found a director in Mark Pellington (Arlington Road and The Mothman Prophecies). Del Toro is clearly interested in seeing a decent remake — he's serving as producer and co-writing the script with Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter).

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- Ryan Gowland

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The Orphanage remake finds its director

4 January 2010 7:00 AM, PST | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »

Back in August, Kate informed us that the Spanish film, The Orphanage, found another home and was set to be remade into an English-language film. Guillermo Del Toro produced the original and has a great deal of involvement with this remake. He reportedly handpicked Actor-producer-director Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, The Last Winter) to direct the film. Both wrote the script, but it looks like Fessenden has tapped out of the director’s spot.

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- Chase Whale

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Mark Pellington to Direct Remake of Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Orphanage

3 January 2010 10:12 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

According to Variety, Mark Pellington (Henry Poole Is Here, The Mothman Prophecies) is set to helm the remake of Juan Antonio Bayona’s ghost story, The Orphanage.  Guillermo Del Toro, who produced the original, is also on board to produce the remake along with ContraFilm toppers Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson attached to produce.  Pellington will direct from a script written by Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter) and Del Toro.

As described by Variety, “The original Orphanage stars Belen Rueda (”The Sea Inside”) as a woman who takes over the orphanage where she was raised, to open a home for disabled children. Then her young son begins to play with the same imaginary friend who terrorized her when she was a child.”

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- Matt Goldberg

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