Grudge Director Nicolas Pesce Explains How the Reboot Will be Different

Entertainment Weekly recently spoke to director Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother), who is directing the upcoming reboot of The Grudge horror film franchise. The new reboot, simply titled Grudge, is expected to release in January 2020. Below are some highlights of Pesce speaking about the upcoming horror film.

Pesce on how the reboot is different: “It’s a very different take on The Grudge than you know it from the past. I think that horror audiences these days are looking for a much more grounded, much more realistic, much more character-driven story in their horror movies. We see what’s doing well now and it is these kind of smarter, more nuanced horror stories, and that’s what this is going to be. We’re trying to update it for contemporary sensibilities, and we have an unbelievable cast, and I think it’s going to be something very different.”

Pesce on how the film is set up: “The movie is set up a lot more like Seven, that sort of movie. There’s a cop drama that drives the whole thing, and Andrea [Riseborough] is the lead detective on this new case that they’ve come upon, and is the driving force through the movie. She’s incredible.”