In April, we reported that “Stranger Things” star Jamie Campbell Bower had joined the cast of the upcoming remake of 1986’s Witchboard. Today, news has come via Deadline that several other stars have also signed on.
Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer, pictured), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram), and Charlie Tahan (Ozark) will star alongside Bower.
Chuck Russell, who was behind Dream Warriors and The Blob, is in the director’s chair for the remake and will direct from the script by Greg McKay (Night of the Demons).
In Writer-director Kevin S. Tenney’s original, “Friends playing with an Ouija board at a late-night party unleash a demonic spirit who begins hunting them.”
In the upcoming 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 bind 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.
