The ‘Who Asked For This' remake trend continues with Deadline today announcing that a new take on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's J-horror masterpiece Pulse is in the works at Spyglass and Sony's Screen Gems.
Dave Boyle (Never After Dark) is tapped to direct, with Parker Finn (Smile, the upcoming Possession remake – go figure) and Jonathan Fass producing for Bad Feeling.
Kurosawa's 2001 techno-horror stars Ryosuke Kawashima, Kumiko Asō and Harue Karasawa, and centers on two groups of young people investigating strange phenomena and mysterious deaths that appear to be tied to a mysterious website. Per Deadline, who reported the news earlier today, plot details, including locale, for the new take are being kept under wraps: “All that’s known is that it’s set in the modern era, revolving around a new set of characters.”
Generally considered one of the greatest and scariest Japanese horror films of all time (with its most terrifying scene still frequently referenced in modern horror movies), Pulse already received a critically panned remake in 2006 from director Jim Sonzero, so why exactly we're doing this again remains a mystery.
Boyle's Never After Dark won the Midnighter Audience Award in its premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, and is set for release on September 25. Stay tuned for more on his Pulse remake as we get it.
