Johnny Depp is The Night Stalker?

[Sawyer]

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I've heard many good things about the series, Kolchak the Night Stalker. This could be quite good.

 

[terry78]

As long as they film it in Chicago, I'm down.

 

[chaseter]

As long as it isn't PG13.

 

[Sawyer]

I guess it's just a matter of who would write and direct it.

 

[bullets]

I spent a week over my aunts house as a kid and watched a Night Stalker marathon on tv. It was nuts. I came home looking for it again but would always confuse Kolchak with Kojak and never found it. Glad they're making a movie

 

[Evil Twin]

As long as it isn't PG13.

Yeah, just like the source material. Oh wait...

 

[Sawyer]

Deadline:

Disney Taps Edgar Wright To Helm Johnny Depp In ‘The Night Stalker’ Feature Redo
By MIKE FLEMING

EXCLUSIVE: Disney is setting Edgar Wright to direct The Night Stalker, the remake of the ABC telepic and series that the studio is developing as a potential star vehicle for Johnny Depp to play intrepid tabloid reporter Carl Kolchak. Depp and his Infinitum Nihil partner Christi Dembrowski will produce.

Wright, best known for directing Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, comes aboard before the studio has set a writer, and he will oversee and shape the project with Depp and Dembrowski from the ground floor. As Deadline revealed, the film took root at the studio last summer, borne out of Depp and Dembrowski’s fond memories of the original 70s movie and series that starred Darren McGavin. He covered crime for a tabloid and his cases always led to supernatural perpetrators that included zombies, vampires, werewolves and aliens. Of course, neither his editor nor anyone else would believe him or allow him to run what seemed like outrageous stories. But Kolchak would put himself in grave danger each episode. David Kennedy will be exec producer of the film.

The subject matter will be tailored to fit Disney’s family film mandate and likely a PG-13 rating, but the idea of Wright’s hyper-reality style and Depp’s gift for constructing quirky characters sounds like a good match to me. Wright is also attached to direct Ant-Man for Marvel Studios and Disney.

The Night Stalker was one of two films that Depp and Dembrowski set at the studio. The other was a drama about the Midnight Ride made by Paul Revere to warn Colonial militia of the impending British invasion that made him a seminal figure in the American Revolutionary War. Jon Brown and Infinitum Nihil’s Margaret French-Isaac will be executive producers.

Depp next saddles up for Disney with Armie Hammer in the Gore Verbinski-directed The Lone Ranger. Wright’s repped by CAA and UK-based Independent Talent.

Depp/Wright?

 

[Mace Dolex]

From the title I thought this was about Richard Ramirez the Night Stalker.

 

[Doctor Jones]

What a cool combination. I'm down.

 

[Watchman]

I'm surprised that Burton isn't directing it.

 

[TheVileOne]

Before or after Ant-Man? .

 

[cherokeesam]

Before or after Ant-Man? .

Yeah, I'm thinking this doesn't bode well for Ant-Man. If it comes down to either-or, Disney is far more likely to fastrack a Johnny Depp joint than Ant-Man.

Incidentally, Johnny Depp resembles Darren McGavin's Kolchak in appearance and character as much as, well, Justin Bieber does.

 

[terry78]

As a director, you don't say no to a Disney collabo. That's basically money in the bank right there along with getting your name out of the indie genre.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Will this movie go over budget due to CGI werewolves?

 

[rayc1971]

i loved this show hope they make it like that because the remake series with stuart townsend sucked!

 

[cherokeesam]

Will this movie go over budget due to CGI werewolves?

At least those CGI werewolves from The Lone Rango (an SHH! typo that will live in infamy forever) will be more at home in The Night Stalker.

 

[Crockett]

Now this combination sounds promising, but how many potential franchises will Disney choose Depp to star in?

 

[HighFivingMF]

Wright and Depp? I'm goddamn down.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

i loved this show hope they make it like that because the remake series with stuart townsend sucked!

Stuart Townsend sucks in general.

Wright and Depp? I'm goddamn down.

It's a good combo. I still dig Wright even though I didn't care for his last film.

 

[OsGom]

Stuart Townsend sucks in general.

It's a good combo. I still dig Wright even though I didn't care for his last film.

Townsend was a tolerable Lestat.

I loved the Night Stalker series when I was young. This sounds like awesome sauce.

I hope they set it in the 70s =)

HUGE lapels are coming back baby!!! Breakout your sharkskin suits fellas!

 

[terry78]

http://collider.com/johnny-depp-edgar-wright-night-stalker-d-v-devincentis/167396/


Got the writer of High Fidelity on screenwriting duty.

 

[Watchman]

This sounds like a Johnny Depp movie I can actually stomach.

 

[DACrowe]

I love Wright and Depp, but I also loved Burton and Depp for Dark Shadows and look how that turned out. Still, never seen this show, so as long as the movie works.

 

[Octoberist]

But Burton's track record has been shaky for the past decade while Wright is probably one of the brightest and creative director is the business right now.

 

[Gianakin_]

Depp and Wright? Finally, Depp will act again!