The remake of the Spanish chiller
Although Larry Fessenden has already spoke out about why he stepped away from Warner Bros.’ proposed remake of The Orphanage, the Playlist managed to get a few more details. Read on:
“I eventually went to LA, we sat down and hashed out the script, then I went off and wrote it. I took his notes, Warner Bros. notes, New Line’s notes. It was a really good script. I was very excited about it. I was going to do it as a New England Gothic, truly shot in New England, and it didnât pan out. WB wanted to shoot it in South Africa or something nutty. I mean, why do you remake a foreign film in another foreign land? I don’t understand the logic sometimes.”
“But that’s not why we parted ways. Basically, they felt that they couldnât cast the kind of A-List star they were looking for with my indie reputation. But it was great, Guillermo has always been supportive, he reaches out to me, we might do something else possibly.”
At the beginning of this year, Warner announced Mark Pellington would direct the remake, however, there have been no updates on the production since then.
Source: The Playlist
