Shaun of the Dead Director Hired for Johnny Depp’s Night Stalker

Posted by About.com Horror & Suspense on February 22, 2012

Last summer, it was reported that Johnny Depp was producing a big-screen adaptation of the short-lived supernatural TV show Kolchak: The Night Stalker, but now it appears that he’s not only producing, but starring in it as well. And lo and behold, none other than Edgar Wright has been tapped to direct. The British filmmaker’s feature film résumé — writing and directing duties on Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — has been, like Kolchak‘s run in the ’70s, brief but cultish in its appeal.

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