Helmer Tapped for Near Dark Remake

Posted by support@reallyscary.com (ReallyScary.com) on October 3, 2007 THR reports Sam Bayer is in negotiations to direct Near Dark, the remake of the cult vampire movie Platinum Dunes is producing for Rogue Pictures.

Like the 1987 original by Kathryn Bigelow, the remake centers on a young man who reluctantly joins a traveling "family" of evil vampires after the girl he tried to seduce bites him and turns him into one. Christopher Landon (Disturbia) is rewriting the script.