In a not-so-surprising event, 2008's creepy Spanish ghost tale The Orphanage (or El Orfanato) is set to be remade by the people at New Line and director Mark Pellington. Remake news comes as no surprise in horror cinema land; Hollywood has been cashing in on old, remade movies for a few years now, and it seems as though it has come to the bitter end now as we see a movie that is less than two years old being remade for American audiences.
Of course, El Orfanato did release in America with English subtitles (I should know; I just received it for Christmas), but in our increasing Americanization of everything foreign, it is no shock that Americans had to put their own stamp on a film that, for all intents and purposes, needed no re-imagining.
Nevertheless, it looks as though, like it or not, horror fans will be forced to sit through yet another retread.
News courtesy of Arrow in the Head
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