Back in 2012, Rob Kennedy, Lorcan Kavanagh and Edward Kavanagh joined forces to write, direct and produce the independent Irish horror hit, Midnight Man.
It's successful stint on the film circuit brought it to audiences worldwide and left a particularly strong impression on Oscar-winning producer Cassian Elwes. Elwes has now taken it on as his own project to make an American version of the Irish Indie film. Bringing to the table with him are the horror genre legends, Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger) and Lin Shaye (Insidious' Elise Rainier). The remake has just wrapped up shooting in Canada and Elwes has raved about the end result saying; "When I saw Rob Kennedy's film, I immediately thought this could translate very well into an American picture and I'm very excited with the result."
The original Irish trio have all served as executive producers on the American project. The plot follows an innocent girl who's lead astray by her own curiosity when she unleashes the Midnight Man. Intending only a bit of fun and games the night soon turns dark as the Midnight Man threatens to destroy her existence. It's a huge honour and source of pride for the Irish trio with Kennedy expressing his excitement at the project; "When we were hard at work on our first feature film, we never imagined that Hollywood producer Cassian Elwes, who produced the Oscar winning film Dallas Buyers Club, would see it, let alone want to remake it. Then when we found out that we're the first Irish feature to get an American remake, it was the icing on the cake. We're very excited to see their take on our horror film, and we hope it will shine a light on independent Irish cinema."
Post-production is now taking place in LA so we should have an update in the coming months about when we can expect to see Midnight Man creep into the big screens.