Very happy to read tonight in Variety that Bryan Bertino has been loaded up with a ton of new work after dragging The Strangers to a well-deserved $52 million at the box office. I've probably seen The Strangers six times at the theater now, not because it necessarily warrants that many viewings, but only because my effort to return to regular theater-going has met with the cold water reality that there are very few watchable films out there at the multiplex these days. (Slept through half of Wall*E. Anyone who tells me that's a masterpiece is getting poked in the eye.)
Of course, the big rumor for a while was that Bertino was in talks to take on Freddy Krueger for Platinum Dunes, but apparently that's not the case. According to Variety, he's now taken up with three new projects, called Alone, Green Eyes and Black. No idea what any of those are about -- only cursory descriptions in the trade, and some of this will obviously get shuffled and prioritized differently as things move forward. Anyway, here's hoping there's room for Joanna Newsome harp music in some of those projects!
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