David F. Sandberg is on board to direct a new The Amityville Horror film for Amazon MGM Studios.

The Safran Company’s Peter Safran and John Rickard will produce alongside Sandberg, while The Safran Company’s Natalia Safran and Lotta Losten will executive produce.

Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing wrote the screenplay for the reimagining of the original 1979 classic. The film starred a Josh Brolin, Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger and followed a young couple who purchase a haunted home and is based on Jay Anson’s 1977 novel of the same name. The writing duo also wrote the script for the recent The Conjuring: Last Rites , which was released last weekend and will soon cross $200 million at the worldwide box office.

David F. Sandberg is on board to direct a new The Amityville Horror

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