During the S. DARKO panel at our West Coast Weekend of Horrors convention late yesterday, director Chris Fisher revealed that his next project is also the latest in the long line of '70s genre remakes. He has completed the first draft of a new version of the 1978 psychothriller EYES OF LAURA MARS, and hopes to go into production in late summer or early fall.
Originally penned by John Carpenter and rewritten (heavily, according to Carpenter) by David Zelag Goodman, and directed by a pre-THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Irvin Kershner, EYES starred Faye Dunaway as a woman who witnesses the crimes of a serial killer from the villain's own point of view. Fisher described his approach to the redux as akin to VIDEODROME, and jokingly offered the lead to S. DARKO co-star Briana Evigan (provided she'd do the required nudity). A studio wasn't mentioned, but presumably it's for Columbia, which released the '78 LAURA MARS and whose parent company Sony Pictures issues S. DARKO on DVD and Blu-ray next month.
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