Star of the upcoming YOUNG ADULT, Charlize Theron, has signed up for an English language adaptation of Dutch thriller ZWART WATER (‘Black Water’). Theron will also produce the feature alongside writer and director Scott Derrickson (THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE).
Here’s the informative, if awkwardly written, synopsis:
Nine-year-old Lisa has always thought that her mother, Christine, looked at her like she was someone else. As a result, Lisa feels disconnected from her mother, but is very close to her father, Paul. When her maternal grandmother dies leaving the family a huge old house, Lisa and her parents move from Holland to Belgium. The house was Christine’s childhood home, but she had a falling out with her mother and hadn’t been back in years.
Moving to a new location can be a very traumatic experience for a nine-year-old girl. Lisa is lonely, bored and frankly a little bit put out (particularly with her mother) for putting her through the move. To ease the isolation, Lisa creates an imaginary friend to keep her company and join her on her explorations of the large, old house. Her parents aren’t terrifically concerned about this development. Lisa has always had an active imagination and actually left an old imaginary friend back in Holland.
When her invisible friend starts to explain secrets about her mother’s childhood and her previously unmentioned twin sister, however, the fabric starts to unravel in this small family unit. Tensions increase, Lisa’s behavior becomes erratic and potentially dangerous, and nuances are unearthed about Christine’s childhood secrets that cast them in a very sinister light.
That’s not an imaginary friend… it’s a ghost! And it’s unearthing nuances! The original — titled TWO EYES STARING in North America — was criticised for its lack of originality but nevertheless considered a solid feature from a country that rarely produces horror. I doubt the director of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL will be able to distance himself from the horror clichés in the upcoming remake, but Charlize Theron certainly brings credibility to the project.
Source: Coming Soon
