October 2011 will see the release of Craig Gillespie's remake of
Fright Night, starring David Tennant and Anton Yelsin. Reports Mania.com, "Chris Sarandon [vampire Jerry Dandridge in the 1985 original] has a role in the new version of
Fright Night, a source close to the production has confirmed. The producers and stars had been very tight-lipped about the presence of any original cast members in the remake. Early reports had Sarandon playing Peter Vincent—the would be vampire killer who reluctantly aids a local teenager in battling a creature of the night—but those rumors were soon shot down."
Adds aintitcool.com, "It's a shame this got out there. Sarandon's cameo was intended to be a surprise for fans of Tom Holland's 1985 classic. I can't get into specifics, but his scene will certainly slake the thirst of
Fright Night devotees. It's definitely not a throwaway cameo; in fact, I think it links the original and the remake in a very appropriate way."
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