Last month, it was announced that Craig Gillespie (“Mr. Woodcock,” “Lars And The Real Girl”) was going to be at the helm of a remake of “Fright Night” for DreamWorks, and he may have found his leading man.
Anton Yelchin is in negotiations to star in the film reprising William Ragsdale’s role in the original as Charlie Brewster. The newest iteration of the film comes from “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and “Mad Men” scribe Marti Noxon though it remains unknown if last year’s rumor about the film going meta turned out to be true. It was reported that the protagonist in the remake will reach out to an actual star of the original “Fright Night” film to help with his vampire problem.
Yelchin’s involvement in this film continues his career of balancing out indie films with bigger budget fare.