PHASMA EX MACHINA getting remake from Universal and Gary Shore

Universal Pictures has bought the rights to remake Phasma ex Machina, the indie feature directing debut by Matt Osterman. Deadline reports that the studio acquired the project as a pitch for a horror movie called Our House, and that Gary Shore is directing based on a script to be written by Nathan Parker. The project is being produced by John Davis and Nick Spicer of XYZ Films.

Shore and Parkers have a relationship with Universal. They are working on a feature version of Cup of Tears, based on the stylized samurai short film from Shore. The plan is for Shore to hopefully direct Phasma ex Machina, and then follow with an adaptation of the James Patterson book series Maximum Ride, and then helm a feature version of Cup of Tears.

Phasma ex Machina, (retitled Ghost From the Machine) "ponders the grey area between life and death and how science can bridge the two. The protagonist is a young man who is raising his little brother after their parents die in a car crash. His desire to bring them back prompts him to invent a machine designed to be a conduit to the grey beyond, and his success proves dangerous to himself and everyone around him."

Check out a trailer for the original film, and one for Shore's Cup of Tears:

This sounds like a cool project for Shore to take on and make into a feature film. What are your thoughts?