RKO’s I Walked With a Zombie Remake Gets Director

RKO has found a director for its upcoming remake of the 1943 horror classic, “I Walk with a Zombie”. His name is Adam Marcus, and he last directed the Val Kilmer starrer “Conspiracy” (you’ve probably never heard of it, cause mostly it sucked), and before that, “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday”, which as it turns out, wasn’t really the final Friday.

Variety has more on the remake:

The film focuses on a private tutor who discovers a terrifying family secret while working at the ancient estate of a New Orleans businessman. The original was a forerunner of the corps of walking corpse films that followed. Hartley called the film one of the most valuable in the RKO library.

The 1943 original was directed by Jacques Tourneur, and starred Edith Barrett, James Bell, and Tom Conway. Marcus will adapt the remake with his writing partner Debra Sullivan, while Ted Hartley, Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Carl Mazzocone will produce along with Andy Fickman and Betsy Sullenger.

Below: Trailer for the 1943 original.