Mark Pellington Directing The Orphanage

Mark Pellington has been hired to call the shots on New Line's remake of Spanish language spooker The Orphanage.

We'd call this the first announced remake of 2010, but it's been in development for a while now, with Guillermo del Toro helping to shepherd it into English with a producing credit and co-writing the script alongside Larry Fessenden. 

The original, which was directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, saw a woman taking over the orphanage where she herself was raised, with an eye to turning it a home for disabled children. 

But her terrifying past returns to haunt her when her young son starts to play with the same supernatural imaginary friend.

This will mark Arlington Road/Mothman Prophecies director Pellington's return to thriller territory after a detour into 3D concert films with U2 3D and comedy drama with the little seen Henry Poole Is Here. 

With his experience shooting 3D, might we expect this to become the latest horror remake to add a third dimension? We're not sure it needs it, but we'll find out soon enough...

Source: Empire Online