Another remake of a horror classic is in the works. This time it is 1986’s Witchboard.
Deadline reports that Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”) is the first star to join the cast of the remake. Bower plays the role of the major villain Vecna in “Stranger Things” in season 4 and will return for season 5.
“There is a tradition in cinema of great English actors that have the charisma we associate with stardom as well as the acting chops to truly be a chameleon, playing a variety of character types,” Russell stated. “Jamie Campbell Bower is that kind of actor and his time is now.”
Chuck Russell directs and co-wrote the remake, which will begin filming in May in Montreal and New Orleans, along with Greg McKay (Night of the Demons).
In Kevin S. Tenney’s original movie, “Friends playing with an Ouija board at a late-night party unleashes a demonic spirit who begins hunting them.”
In the remake, “Emily, her fiancé Christian and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. But darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits.
Christian seeks help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste, but Babtiste has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth, the Queen of Witches, are all part of a dangerous game that puts Emily’s very soul at risk.”
Here’s a look back at the original Witchboard trailer.
