Andy Serkis is ready to develop a collection adaptation of Robin Hardy’s 1973 horror film traditional The Wicker Man. Serkis will develop the collection with producer Jonathan Cavendish and author Howard Overman (Misfits and War of the Worlds).
The authentic movie starred Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee, and the story follows Police Sergeant Neil Howle, “who journeys by seaplane to the remote Hebridean Island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. The devout Christian is dismayed to find the Islanders paying homage to the pagan Celtic gods of their ancestors and all hell breaks loose, ending in tragedy.”
I keep in mind seeing this film for the primary time after I was in highschool, and it messed me up! I had by no means seen something like that earlier than, and it was one of these first movies that opened my eyes to sinister cult tales.
There was a remake of The Wicker Man in 2006 that starred Nicolas Cage, however that was a watered-down model of the unique.
I hope that Andy Serkis will do that sister story justice as he develops it as a collection.
Source: Deadline
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