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Craig Gillespie‘s upcoming remake of the 1985 classic, Fright Night, now has an official release date. The film which features the likes of Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell,Toni Collette, David Tennant and Christopher Mintz-Plassewill hit theaters on October 7th, 2011.

The original “Fright,” released in 1985, was written and directed by Tom Holland and starred Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall and William Ragsdale. Ragsdale played a teenager who discovers his neighbors are vampires.

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell will reportedly play the villain in the upcoming flick ‘Fright Night.’ The film is a remake of Tom Holland’s cult 1985 film. Farrell joins the already cast Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) and Toni Collette. For those familiar with the original film, Farrell will be playing the role that Christopher Sarandon made famous to horror geeks worldwide.

Marti Noxon, who served as the executive producer and writer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will be penning the script for the remake. The new version will keep the comedy/horror tone while modernizing the effects. Noxon also has been a writer-producer on “Mad Men,” ABC’s “Private Practice” and “Grey’s Anatomy” and Fox’s “Prison Break.”

The original ‘Fright Night’ was written and directed by Tom Holland and starred Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall and William Ragsdale. Ragsdale played a teenager who discovers his neighbors are vampires.

Source: Deadline

The US theatrical poster for Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus’ has hit the web and you can check it out below. The film stars Heath Ledger, Lily Cole, Christopher Plummer and Tom Waits, and also features Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell who played the ‘roles’ of Ledger’s character in the film.

The story focuses on Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) has made a deal with the Devil, trading immortality for his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole) when she reaches 16. Desperate to protect her, he renegotiates a deal to save her if he can deliver five souls to his alternate world of the imagination with the aid of Tony (played variously by Heath Ledger, Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell).

The film is slated to hit theaters on December 25th, 2009.

Source: SlashFilm

A very cool new poster has surfaced for Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus’ has hit the web. The film stars Heath Ledger, Lily Cole, Christopher Plummer and Tom Waits, and also features Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell who played the ‘roles’ of Ledger’s character in the film.

The story focuses on Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) has made a deal with the Devil, trading immortality for his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole) when she reaches 16. Desperate to protect her, he renegotiates a deal to save her if he can deliver five souls to his alternate world of the imagination with the aid of Tony (played variously by Heath Ledger, Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell).

The film is slated to hit theaters on December 25th, 2009.

Source: JoBlo.com