Fresh off of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, director André Øvredal is cracking open an old creaky coffin that's been gathering dust in Hollywood for years. THR reports that Øvredal is set to take on Last Voyage of the Demeter, a high seas vampire thriller—underappreciated genre IMHO—that has floated from company to company over the years before recently finding port at Amblin Partners. (For context: The last time the project surfaced, Neil Marshall was offering Viggo Mortensen the lead role in 2012.) Written in 2001 by Bragi Schut (Escape Room), the film follows the ship …

Fresh off of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, director André Øvredal is cracking open an old creaky coffin that's been gathering dust in Hollywood for years. THR reports that Øvredal is set to take on Last Voyage of the Demeter, a high seas vampire thriller—underappreciated genre IMHO—that has floated from company to company over the years before recently finding port at Amblin Partners. (For context: The last time the project surfaced, Neil Marshall was offering Viggo Mortensen the lead role in 2012.) Written in 2001 by Bragi Schut (Escape Room), the film follows the ship …