If you are a fan of Adrian Lyne’s 90’s horror cult classic Jacob’s Ladder then prepare to be amazed, because it is getting a remake. Jeff Buhler from When a Stranger Calls wrote an early draft of the script and now recent reports say that The Midnight Meat Train screenplay writer Jeff Buhler in on board to rewrite the script.
The original Jacob’s Ladder had Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny
Aiello, Jason Alexander, Eric La Salle, Ving Rhames and S. Epatha Merkerson in
the cast.
According
to HV, the producers are updating the story to contemporary times but “still
maintain a story that examines issues and poses existential questions.”
Jacob’s Ladder Original Film Synopsis:
A tortured man is caught in a middle-ground between hallucination
and reality in this supernatural thriller. Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) is a
Vietnam veteran who is haunted by a horrible experience in battle that deeply
troubles him, though he can’t clearly recall the details. Jacob also cannot
free himself of his anxieties over the death of his son. Though well educated,
Jacob works as a letter carrier and has become romantically involved with one
of his co-workers, Jezzie (Elizabeth Pena), after divorcing his wife. Jacob’s
tenuous hold on reality starts to slip as he begins seeing visions of monsters
and demons all around him; he suffers severe panic attacks related to the chaos
that may be reality, or may exist only in his mind. Jacob seeks counsel from
Louis (Danny Aiello), a kindly chiropractor, as his ex-wife Sarah (Patricia
Kalember), fellow Vietnam vet Paul (Pruitt Taylor Vince), and enigmatic
stranger Michael (Matt Craven) all try to help the tortured Jacob. Macaulay
Culkin appears briefly as Jacob’s son, while Jason Alexander, Ving Rhames, and
Eriq LaSalle also highlight the supporting cast.
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