Holmes and Pearce are afraid of the dark

Posted on July 1, 2009
Filed Under Actors, Actresses, Adaptation, Directors, Remake

Ah, again I bring you horror news. I feel like Santa Claus, bringing you gift after gift. Today The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Guy Pearce is in final negotiations with Katie Holmes already on board in “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” Miramax’s supernatural thriller being directed by Guillermo del Toro protege Troy Nixey.

The film is based on a 1973 ABC telefilm about a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with demonic creatures.

Bailee Madison (a very promising young actress) will play the girl, who discovers the creatures and is fascinated by them — until they prove dangerous…  Pearce will play the father, an author frustrated by his daughter’s tales of monsters, not believing her even when his girlfriend (Holmes) backs her. Del Toro and Matthew Robbins wrote the script.

The movie is set to begin production next month in Melbourne, Australia. (Del Toro is in New Zealand working on “The Hobbit” so he will just have to ake a short swim over to Aussieland.)

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