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John Lithgow to play Jud Crandall in Pet Sematary remake
Posted on 5/4/18 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 5/4/18 at 1:49 pm
It was recently reported that Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) would be playing the lead of Paramount Pictures’ planned reboot of Pet Sematary, a feature adaptation of Stephen King‘s classic horror tome of the same name. Clarke is on board to play Dr. Louis Creed, essentially a city doc who moves his family into the Maine countryside to escape the hustle and bustle. In the original tale–both the 1983 novel and the cult classic 1989 movie from director Mary Lambert–Dr. Creed befriends a local yokel by the name of Jud Crandall, a part played endearingly well by the late Fred Gwynne. The recasting of this particular role was a pretty important one and Paramount seems to have nailed it.
As EW reports, the studio has tapped twice Oscar-nominated actor John Lithgow to play the part. That’s solid casting. Expect more casting news to be announced in the coming weeks and months since the plan is to shoot the picture this summer, aimed for an April 19, 2019 release date. Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer (Starry Eyes) will direct the remake from a script by Jeff Buhler, to be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian and Steven Schneider. Pet Sematary is but the latest in a new wave of King adaptations. Keep ‘em comin’, I say.
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As EW reports, the studio has tapped twice Oscar-nominated actor John Lithgow to play the part. That’s solid casting. Expect more casting news to be announced in the coming weeks and months since the plan is to shoot the picture this summer, aimed for an April 19, 2019 release date. Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer (Starry Eyes) will direct the remake from a script by Jeff Buhler, to be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian and Steven Schneider. Pet Sematary is but the latest in a new wave of King adaptations. Keep ‘em comin’, I say.
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Posted on 5/4/18 at 1:56 pm to hsfolk
the part where gage slits Jud's achilles pretty much haunted my childhood for some reason
Posted on 5/4/18 at 1:59 pm to hsfolk
Gage and Zelda, this movie was terrifying to eight year old me
Posted on 5/4/18 at 1:59 pm to hsfolk
I hate that they're remaking this, but I do like the casting choice.
Posted on 5/4/18 at 2:01 pm to The Egg
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the part where gage slits Jud's achilles pretty much haunted my childhood for some reason
I was more haunted by the toddler getting run over by the 18 wheeler
Posted on 5/4/18 at 2:04 pm to Eighteen
I'm 30 years old. Sometimes I still have flashbacks of Zelda in the bed.
Posted on 5/4/18 at 2:15 pm to lsugrad35
what was supposed to be wrong with Zelda?
Posted on 5/4/18 at 2:18 pm to hsfolk
The very end where Rachel came back to Louis in the kitchen with half her face missing and puss coming out of where her eyee was and Louis jumps up and starts kissing her 
Posted on 5/4/18 at 2:31 pm to ipodking
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The very end where Rachel came back to Louis in the kitchen with half her face missing and puss coming out of where her eye was and Louis jumps up and starts kissing her
Posted on 5/4/18 at 2:52 pm to hsfolk
That movie was pretty fricking scary as a child.
Posted on 5/4/18 at 3:11 pm to hsfolk
For me, the most terrifying part in the movie was when the baby got hit by the truck. I can't sit through that part anymore.
Posted on 5/4/18 at 3:16 pm to hsfolk
It's a damn shame what they did to Herman Munster
Posted on 5/4/18 at 3:26 pm to LordSaintly
at least it wasn't as bad as that awful sequel
Posted on 5/4/18 at 3:46 pm to hsfolk
She had meningitis.
I have experience with that disease. It doesn’t look like that at all, and if they wanted it to be more grotesque, they could have given her meningococcal sepsis
I have experience with that disease. It doesn’t look like that at all, and if they wanted it to be more grotesque, they could have given her meningococcal sepsis
Posted on 5/4/18 at 3:52 pm to hsfolk
I don’t know if Lithgow could come across..... as solid of a rock as Jud is.
I just finished about a month ago Michael C Hall’s reading of Pet Sematary (which is excellent btw, 2nd only to IT for audiobooks) and Jud seems to be a harder man than he is in the movie.
He described why he goes to prosititutes and he is like “well, there are some things you want a woman to do that you shouldn’t ask your wife to do.” Lol
I just finished about a month ago Michael C Hall’s reading of Pet Sematary (which is excellent btw, 2nd only to IT for audiobooks) and Jud seems to be a harder man than he is in the movie.
He described why he goes to prosititutes and he is like “well, there are some things you want a woman to do that you shouldn’t ask your wife to do.” Lol
Posted on 5/4/18 at 4:38 pm to hsfolk
That's true love right there
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Posted on 5/4/18 at 6:30 pm to hsfolk
That was one of the few movies that spooked me as a tweener, along with the original TCM, Poltergiest, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, and I Spit on Your Grave.
Posted on 5/4/18 at 8:50 pm to hsfolk
Will never be as good as the original, but will watch.
I predict an over abundance of jump scares and excessive gore.
I predict an over abundance of jump scares and excessive gore.
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:00 pm to hsfolk
There's no reason for this.
The original is great.
This is on the level of Footloose and Red Dawn remake.
Has there been a remake in the last 10 years that outperformed the original?
The original is great.
This is on the level of Footloose and Red Dawn remake.
Has there been a remake in the last 10 years that outperformed the original?
Posted on 5/4/18 at 10:09 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Red Dawn remake wasn't terrible
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