‘Urban Legend’ Reboot in the Works from Gary Dauberman, Neal Moritz
- Screen Gems is developing a modern reboot of the 1998 horror film Urban Legend.
- The original movie, released in 1998, featured a killer whose methods mirrored popular urban legends.
- Gary Dauberman will produce the new film, and Shanrah Wakefield is writing the screenplay.
- The 1998 original starred actors including Jared Leto and Alicia Witt, who stated she would "love to come back."
- This reboot aims to explore the nature of urban legends in a post-digital world.
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URBAN LEGEND Reboot in the Works from Gary Dauberman and Neal Moritz — GeekTyrant
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