The long-awaited The Craft sequel has just been scrapped thanks to Blumhouse changing things up and wanted to do a remake instead.
This is NOT the news that any of us who love The Craft wanted to hear, but its a Blumhouse call. Read on…
CelebNMovies247.com reports that Blumhouse (Jason Blum) and Columbia Pictures decided on doing a redo about four high school witches whose power grows a little out of control.
What we know:
- The Craft has confirmed that Zoe Lister-Jones is going to write and direct this contemporary retelling of the 90s horror classic The Craft.
- The reason for the remake instead of the sequel is that the previous synopsis for the remake sounded like it was hitting all the same notes as the original.
- The Craft sequel had been in development since 2015, and the idea was to bring back the four original girls while introducing some new hags to the clique. That has been wiped clean for a fresh start.
- And it won’t go the gender-swap route, which is a popular trend in Hollywood. These witches will remain female.
- The all boy movie is set for its own film, which is what The Covenant was about. We will see if that gets a remake as well. Hopefully for the better.
- Columbia Pictures and Producer Jason Blum will split the tab on the movie, which should come in under budget, which Blumhouse has become famous for. No matter what, the remake will generate some cash for the studios. Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher’s Red Wagon Entertainment are also on as producers. Lucas Wiesendanger is executive producing alongside original The Craft director Andrew Fleming, who will steer the ship in the right direction, keeping fans as happy as he can with this new take.
As for the original cast members (Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True) who have been doing promos rounds at Horror conventions. Maybe they will get cameos?
