Edgar Wright is still busy working on Ant Man and a couple weeks ago he released a pic suggesting he and Simon Pegg were finally reuniting for their planned new movie, but now Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World and Shaun Of The Dead director Edgar Wright has added another movie to his plate, signing on to direct The Night Stalker for Disney and producer/star Johnny Depp.
The project was initially set up by Depp last summer and is based on a 1972 TV movie of the same name, which starred Darren McGavin as Carl Kolchak, a journalist who begins tracking a serial killer, only to discover the murderer is actually a vampire. The TV movie spawned the series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which debuted in 1974. Johnny Depp will play Carl Kolchak, tracking a vampire rather than being one, as he is in this summer’s Dark Shadows.
The Night Stalker doesn’t have a screenwriter in place as of yet, although that will likely change soon with Edgar Wright attached (he may even write it himself). (Source: Deadline)
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