TheGhost Who Walks will soon walk in theaters again according to today's Variety.Crusader Entertainment and Hyde Park are planning a new feature film based onLee Falk's classic comic strip hero The Phantom.
Steven De Souza(Die Hard, 48 Hours) is working up the script, whichwill be present a modern-day version of the character. The hope is to present agritty and high-tech take on the character, in contrast with the 1996 periodpiece that starred Billy Zane.
Hyde Park CEOAshok Armitraj, a long-time fan of the comic strip, talked to Varietyabout the previous film. "I was among the fans who went to see the movie afew years ago and came away disappointed," he said. "We wanted to letenough time pass to try it again and I don't think the other movie will hurtthis one's prospects overseas. The major thing is to put him in a contemporarysetting with the weapons and gizmos and Matrix-style stuff whichwasn't done in the previous film."
CrusaderEntertainment CEO Howard Baldwin is also a fan of the strip.
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