Part of direct-to-DVD slate
A remake of Audrey Rose is just one of the films MGM has in the works for their push in the direct-to-DVD market. With Warner Bros. finding success through their home video genre banner, Raw Feed (Rest Stop, Sublime), and with Fox continually squeezing their library titles for sequels (Wrong Turn 2 hits later this year), the mighty lion of Hollywood will produce an original project, remake the aforementioned “Rose” and slap a new sub-title on a forthcoming sequel.
Audrey Rose is based on the 1977 tale of suspected reincarnation starring Anthony Hopkins, Marsha Mason, John Beck and Susan Swift. In the film, Hopkins plays a grieving man named Elliot Hoover who tries to convince a young couple that their daughter is actually a reincarnation of his dead child named, you guessed it, Audrey Rose. Hudson Hickman, Craig Roessler and Sara Berrisford are producing the update. This trifecta is also bringing us a sequel to the Matthew Broderick ’80s thriller War Games
Getting a new title change is the “Species” sequel waiting in the wings: Species: Quattro (see our video section for the trailer). Now it’s called Species: The Awakening.
Finally, on the “original” tip, MGM is moving forward on Pet from screenwriter Jeremy Slater. In it, a woman is stalked and abducted by a man who keeps her imprisoned (or made his “pet”). The film will detail her attempted escapes.
MGM has not announced any release dates for these titles.
Source: Ryan Rotten, MGM
