Larry Fessenden has signed on to helm the US New Line remake of “The Orphanage,” the 2007 hit Guillermo del Toro-produced Spanish-language horror flick. Fessenden also has written the script in collaboration with del Toro, who is producing the new film with Contrafilm’s Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson.

The original film, directed by del Toro protege Juan Antonio Bayona, centered on a woman who returns to the orphanage where she was raise and discovers that her son’s new imaginary friend is in fact the same person who terrified her when she was a child there.

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By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)

The Orphanage Photo
The Orphanage Photo

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