When it was released back in 2014, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s Goodnight Mommytopped many year-end best of lists, garnering an impressive 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes and earning rave reviews nearly across the board. Not surprisingly, a remake is now in the works.
Deadline reports that Animal Kingdom and Playtime are developing an English-language remake, with Matt Sobel (Take Me to the River) directing. Kyle Warren is currently writing the script, with filming expected to begin in third quarter 2019.
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In Goodnight Mommy, “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.”
Sobel says, “Our re-imagining of Goodnight Mommy aims to create an immersive nightmare, with visceral sensations front and center.”
David Kaplan (It Follows) will produce on behalf of Animal Kingdom alongside Nicolas Brigaud-Robert and Valery Guibal from Playtime (Son Of Saul).
Watch the original Goodnight Mommy trailer below.