FRIGHT NIGHT Remake Is Set In Vegas. Production Starts Later This Summer

Marti Noxon, the scribe of FRIGHT NIGHT remake, told Variety, via Playlist, that the lead vampire Jerry Dandrige, to be played by Colin Farrell is going to be more of a “‘Jaws’-like vampire in the Amblin tradition.” Noxon also said the story will be set in Las Vegas and shooting starts later this summer….

Farell and the brilliant Toni Collette (TV’s United States Of Tara, The Sixth Sense) will star alongside Anton Yelchin in FRIGHT NIGHT, the remake of a classic horror film FRIGHT NIGHT with Michael Gaeta and Alison Rosenzweig of Gaeta/Rosenzweig Films are producing along with Michael De Luca. Back in November, writer/producer of TV’s Mad Men, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel, Marti Noxon was hired to write the screenplay for FRIGHT NIGHT remake which will be directed by Craig Gillespie who helmed Lars And The Real Girl . The 1985 original movie was written and directed by Tom Holland, about a teenager who discovers that his neighbors are vampires. The new version of FRIGHT NIGHT will keep its horror/comedy tone but today’s technology will make the FX look scarier than before.

Yelchin will play the character named Charley Brewster who’s convinced that his new neighbor is a vampire, though no one will believe him.
Collette plays Yelchin’s mom, who at first disapproves of the new arrival but changes her attitude when she meets Jerry, played by Farell, the vampire who on the surface appears to be a cool guy but is really preying on the neighborhood surprise. That role was played in the original by Chris Sarandon.