GOODNIGHT MOMMY Remake Announced
Animal Kingdom (IT Follows) and Playtime will be producing an English-language remake of the Austrian psychological chiller Goodnight Mommy. Matt Sobel (Take Me To The River) is attached to direct and is currently overseeing a draft by Kyle Warren, based on their shared take on the original.
Sobel told Deadline, “My favorite films are those that invite the audience to step inside their protagonist’s journey. Whether fear of abandonment or the dreadful realization that those closest to us may not be who they seem, our re-imagining of Goodnight Mommy aims to create an immersive nightmare, with visceral sensations front and center.”
The original film was directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala and produced by Ulrich Seidl. Franz and Fiala will both serve as executive producers on the remake. David Kaplan (It Follows) will produce on behalf of Animal Kingdom alongside Nicolas Brigaud-Robert and Valery Guibal from Playtime (Son Of Saul).
Filming is due to begin in 2019.
Synopsis:
Elias and his twin brother Lukas arrive at their mother’s house to find her face covered in bandages − the result, she explains, of recent cosmetic surgery. Lukas delights in their mother’s uncharacteristically lax house rules, but in Elias’ mind, a dreadful thought takes root: the sinking suspicion that this woman beneath the gauze, who’s making their food and sleeping in the next room, isn’t really their mother.
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