It was just recently confirmed that the upcoming Amityville film will be directed by Maniac remake helmer Franck Khalfoun, and it was just announced that Disney Channel star Bella Thorne (pictured) has been cast in a lead role for the film. Read on below for more details.
According to The Wrap, Disney Channel sensation Bella Thorne is set to star in the new Amityville horror movie for Dimension Films and Blumhouse Productions.
Franck Khalfoun (Maniac) will direct the fright flick, which will also star Jennifer Jason Leigh. Daniel Farrands and Casey La Scala co-wrote the script and are expected to produce with Jason Blum of hit factory Blumhouse.
Leigh will play a single mother who moves her three kids into the “Amityville” house, which of course has a very dark history.
Dimension had planned on reigniting the popular horror franchise using a found-footage angle but that idea has been dropped, as the format appears to have fallen out of favor with discerning genre fans. “Amityville” remains scheduled for release on Jan. 2, 2015.
More on this as it comes in.
Source: The Wrap
