David Bridges
Joel Schumacher’s Flatliners is a cult traditional that received’t keep useless. It already received a continuation within the type of a 2017 reboot that… exists, however there’s apparently nonetheless a bit extra blood in that stone to be drawn. However as an alternative of one other film or punting it over to TV, this third stab at a franchise comes within the type of a e-book.
Particularly, writer J.D. Barker (greatest identified for Forsaken and Behind the Closed Door) is penning the novel Flatliners Resurrection. Key distinction right here is, it’ll be based mostly on the movie’s unique screenplay penned on the time by Peter Filardi, who reacquired the rights years in the past. Per Deadline, Barker’s extra supernatural-focused pitch on the fabric was sufficient to win Filardi over, and it’s apparently so sturdy that display rights are already being brokered. In a press launch, Filardi affirmed his confidence in Barker, saying the e-book will “reinvigorate the Flatliners franchise for a brand new technology.”
In his personal assertion, Barker stated the film’s idea “has all the time fascinated me. I’m honored to have the chance to discover these themes of mortality, penalties, and the unknown in a novel format. Followers can anticipate a narrative that honors the spirit of the unique whereas pushing into new, uncharted territories. We’re going to scare the hell out of you.”
Shot by Jan de Bont, the unique Flatliners launched in 1990 and starred Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, and Oliver Platt. In it, a gaggle of med college students put one another in close to demise experiences, which finally ends up making them see visions of the afterlife earlier than they’re introduced again to life. From that time, issues go not nice for them as visions of their previous turn out to be increasingly actual and dangerous. We’ll discover out if Flatliners fares higher on the web page within the close to future.
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