After Edgar Wright’s abrupt departure last week from helming Marvel’s Ant Man film due to creative differences with the studio, while not good for comic geeks, it is good for the horror crowd. Reports are saying that Wright now has shifted gears and is looking to take on a Kolchak: The Night Stalker film with Johnny Depp to star. Read on for more details.
According to Deadline, Wright may be stepping right into the Disney remake of the great TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Wright has been developing this for Johnny Depp to play the tabloid news reporter, played by Darren McGavin in the original ’70s movie and series. If you don’t recall it, Kolchak covered crime for a tabloid and his cases always led to supernatural perpetrators that included zombies, vampires, werewolves and aliens. Of course, neither his editor nor anyone else would believe him or allow him to run what seemed like outrageous stories, but he always got close enough to the truth that he was stalked by these great villains and found a way to dispatch them.
This all depends on Depp’s availability because he is attached to another Pirates of the Caribbean film and more, so we’ll see what’s in store for the future. I am hopeful this project will happen, it would be interesting to see Wright’s take on this iconic character.
Source: Deadline