Sean Astin To Star in Cabin Fever Reboot
Bloody Good Fun
Here’s the plot, according to Hollywood Reporter:
The story kicks off when a bachelor party cruise in the Caribbean unexpectedly runs ashore on a medical-research island and a deadly virus is unleashed. The passengers must struggle to find a way to survive before their own demons and the flesh-eating bacteria consumes them all.
Sean Astin will be joined by Brando Eaton and Ben Hollingsworth, two actors of children’s film fame: Brando starred in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Ben was featured in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. The film will begin shooting Aug. 13 in the Dominican Republic. An additional prequel, Cabin Fever: Outbreak, also seems to be in the works by Indomina, a U.S.- and Dominican Republic-based producer and distributor. There’s no word yet on whether the prequels happen concurrently or whether there is a prequel to the prequel.
Kaare Andrews is best known as an artist, having worked extensively on The Incredible Hulk, Ultimate X-Men and Spider-Man: Reign. He delved into directing with the horror movie Altitude and will continue his foray into the horror genre with this reboot. While I’m interested in how the artistic background of a comic book artist will influence this reboot, I’m more intrigued by how well a group of actors fairly new to this genre will hold up to horror fan’s expectations.
(via Hollywood Reporter.)
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