The Remake of TROLLHUNTER Is Said to be Dead
Back in 2011, the great Norwegian horror/adventure film Trollhunter was set to be remade for U.S. audiences. Producer Chris Columbus picked up the rights the remake, and director Neil Marshall (The Descent, Centurion, Game of Thrones) was set to direct it.
During a recent interview with Birth.Movies.Death, the director of the original film, André Øvredal, was asked where the remake currently stands, and he revealed that it's dead. He explained:
"I don’t know exactly [what happened]. I was very happy with what I read; I never communicated with anybody about it, but I read on-line that Neil Marshall was attached to direct it, and I was like, ‘OK, I can get behind that,’ and then suddenly it didn’t happen. I believe that just after signing up for Trollhunter, Neil got too busy with Game of Thrones, and that’s what stopped it; that seems to be the case, anyway, and then it just kind of died."
So, he blames the death of the film on Marshall's involvement with Game of Thrones. I'm not sure why the producers just didn't replace him, but maybe it came to the point where they just chose not to move forward with it. I'm sure that will make fans of the original film happy. When the remake of Trollhunter was initially announced, Columbus said:
"Trollhunter was a visceral, thrilling cinematic rock and roller coaster ride of a movie. Visually, there are scenes in this film that American audiences have never seen. We want to introduce an International audience to this amazing moviegoing experience!"
He seemed pretty excited about it! I guess there may have been too many issues in trying to get it into production along the way. Who knows, maybe one day they'll move forward with it, but it's obviously not going to be happening anytime soon.