Hollywood follows up a new Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer film with an Urban Legend reboot as well. More here.
In a period of time where we’re getting new Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer movies, it seemed a matter of time before Urban Legend would take its place in the queue. The original spawned a sequel or two, but my memory of it is it’s a fairly forgettable film that very much followed what was becoming a bit of a horror land rush at the time. Jamie Blanks directed, and a pre-House Of Gucci Jared Leto is in the ensemble.
Also in there? Joshua Jackson Alicia Witt and Tara Reid. There’s a trilogy of Urban Legend films, and I’ve actually watched them all, but can recall very little.
And now the whole thing is coming back.
Shanrah Wakefield has been hired to pen a new Urban Legend script, and the film will be produced by Gary Dauberman, who has Until Dawn in cinemas in the US this weekend. The project is being set up at Sony, specifically its Screen Gems genre label. Presumably the idea is to take the concept of an urban legend and weave that into the social media age, or something along those lines.
No word yet on who’s directing and starring in the new Urban Legend. Those details will presumably pop along in due course.
One final aside.
For those of you who didn’t like through cinema in the 1990s, note how Hollywood is giving you the chance to do so anyway. By my reckoning, there are assorted projects such as new Jurassic Park/World, Starship Troopers, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Austin Powers movies, and that’s just off the top of my head. It can only be a matter of time before Wild Wild West gets a reboot.
More as we hear it…
