GRAVE ENCOUNTERS Is Getting A Reboot Starring Justin Long
Long will also produce alongside his wife and COYOTES co-star Kate Bosworth.
Justin Long just can’t quit the horror genre. Variety reports that the genre favorite, who’s set to star in the new animal attack film Coyotes soon, is now set to star in and produce a reboot of the cult found footage film Grave Encounters, alongside his wife and Coyotes co-star Kate Bosworth.
The 2011 film followed the hosts of a ghost hunting reality show who locked themselves in an abandoned mental hospital, only to realize the rumors about a haunting are all too real. According to Variety, this new reboot — which comes less than fifteen years after the original was released – will “modernize the concept into a cinematic experience, heightening the dread, claustrophobia, and psychological terror that made the original a fan favorite.”
Original writer-directors Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, the former of whom also directed Coyotes, are set to develop the new film, serving as producers alongside Long, Bosworth, and original producer Shawn Angelski. Production on the reboot is set to begin sometime next year.
“Our creative connection with Colin was undeniable on ‘Coyotes’ and we wanted to continue that relationship as quickly as possible,” Long and Bosworth said. “He is a very rare combination of brilliant film maker and fun collaborator, and we are thrilled to help him resurrect a new imagining of one of his first horror gems, ‘Grave Encounters.’ ‘Grave Encounters’ has such a passionate fan base, and we include ourselves among them. We hope to honor the legacy of the original film, while unleashing something even darker.”
“We made ‘Grave Encounters’ in our 20s on a self-financed shoestring budget, and it scared the hell out of people,” Minihan and Ortiz told Variety “Justin has defined genre cinema for over a decade and is the definitive scream king. He’s the perfect choice to reimagine ‘Grave Encounters’ for a new generation.”
