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Director Simon West to Call a "Stranger"
by Scott Weinberg | April 13, 2005
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Seems like every day brings news of a new horror remake, and The Hollywood Reporter delivers the latest. Sony's Screen Gems outlet is looking to hire Simon West ("Con Air," "Tomb Raider") to direct their remake of "When a Stranger Calls." The adaptation of the 1979 Carol Kane thriller was delivered by first-timer Jake Wadewall, and it seems like Sony is already pushing forward with a follow-up entitled "When a Stranger Returns."(The original flick also had a sequel, the cleverly titled "When a Stranger Calls Back," in 1993.) As most horror fans can instantaneously tell you, "When a Stranger Calls" is the one with the babysitter and the infamous line "Why don't you check on the children?"

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Spike1967 writes:
on Apr 14 2005 08:24 AM

[b]Big Shocker[/b]
I saw this coming a mile away.
YAWN!


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Prosper761 writes:
on Apr 14 2005 01:53 PM

[b]Why?[/b]
Are there no original screenplays left in Hoillywood? That's it? A hundred years and they're completely out of ideas? How depressing.


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