Warner Bros. has discovered The Lost Boys as soon as once more.
The studio is gearing up for a model-new, reimagined tackle the 1980s teen vampire basic.
Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Jaeden Martell (It) will topline the function mission.
Rising scribe Randy McKinnon, who’s already engaged on Warner Bros. and DC’s Static Shock mission, will write the new Lost Boys, with Jonathan Entwistle on board to direct.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger will produce by way of their Automatik banner, which was behind the acclaimed indie Honey Boy (additionally starring Jupe) and in addition has sci-fi thriller Distant, from Amblin and Universal and starring Anthony Ramos, in the pipeline.
The authentic Lost Boys, launched in 1987, informed of two brothers who transfer to a California seashore city that, the pair quickly discovers, is being terrorized by a trendy vampire biker gang. Also taking bites from scenes have been a pair of comedian guide-loving brothers who thought themselves vampire hunters.
The horror-comedy was directed by Joel Schumacher and featured an ensemble straight out of Bop journal: Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Alex Winter, plus Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. Bringing up the age bracket have been adults Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes and Edward Herrmann.
The film is fondly remembered for its younger and attractive solid in addition to a soundtrack that featured acts equivalent to INXS, Echo and the Bunnymen, Roger Daltrey and Lou Gramm. Warners reopened the casket in the 2000s with a pair of direct-to-DVD motion pictures, Lost Boys: The Tribe and Lost Boys: The Thirst.
Details of the new take are being saved in the trunk of a ’57 Ford Fairlane, however it’s described as being set in the modern-day.
Zac Frognowski and Josh Glick will government produce the new function.
Jupe is coming off of A Quiet Place Part II, which has grossed nearly $300 million worldwide in the spring. He additionally appeared in this summer season’s Steven Soderbergh HBO Max thriller, No Sudden Move, with Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro and David Harbour.
Martell, who appeared in the large It two-fer, co-starred with Chris Evans in Apple miniseries Defending Jacob and appeared in Knives Out (additionally with Evans). He subsequent stars in musical drama Metal Lords for Netflix.
McKinnon was a employees author on Netflix horror sequence Chambers, starring Uma Thurman, and is adapting Kwame Onwuachi’s memoir, Notes From a Young Black Chef, for A24 with LaKeith Stanfield hooked up to star.
Entwistle developed End of the F***ing World, appearing as the sequence’ essential director in addition to government producer, and he co-created, wrote and directed the latest sequence I’m Not Okay With This.
Jupe is repped by CAA, Grandview, The Artist Partnership and Hansen Jacobson whereas Martell is repped by CAA, Emily Cho Talent Management and Jackoway Austen. McKinnon and Entwistle are repped by CAA, Grandview and Jackoway Austen.
The authentic poster is under.
The Lost Boys
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