Stephen King’s Christine is getting a remake, courtesy of Sony Pictures and Blumhouse. Bryan Fuller will write and direct, with Blumhouse’s Jason Blum producing, with Vincenzo Natali and Steven Hoban also producing. The film is based on the 1983 horror novel of the same name.
Writer-director Bryan Fuller has had TV success, creating Dead Like Me, Hannibal, Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies, and American Gods. Along with writing for the shows mentioned, he has also written for Star Trek: Discovery, Heroes, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Christine will not be Fuller’s first time taking on a Stephen King title, as he wrote the 2002 made-for-TV film of Carrie, directed by David Carson (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Smallville) and starring Angela Bettis (May, The Woman) as the titular character.
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The story of Christine takes place in 1978 and follows a high school teenager named Arnie who buys a 1958 Plymouth Fury, named Christine by its previous owner, as his first car. He immediately falls in love, despite it being a fixer-upper, and it quickly becomes his main obsession. The feeling is mutual, however, as the car is possessed by a vengeful spirit. As the car begins to overtake Arnie, the body count around town rises, and his friend, Dennis, must intervene.
The novel had a film adaptation directed by John Carpenter in 1983, starring Keith Gordon as Arnie, John Stockwell as Dennis, and Alexandra Paul as Arnie’s love interest Leigh. The film brought in $21 million on a $10 million budget and has gone on to become a beloved cult classic.
As with the first film adaptation, Fuller intends to keep the remake more true to the novel than not, and set in the ’80s. Hopefully we hear casting news soon, but for now we can only wonder who will be playing love struck, obsessed Arnie.
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