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'Howling' remake for 2011 release

Published Monday, Nov 23 2009, 23:59 GMT | By Mike Moody
'Howling' remake for 2011 release

Rex Features

A remake of 1981 werewolf thriller The Howling is in the works.

Producers Joel Kastelberg and Etchie Stroh are relaunching the horror franchise with the forthcoming The Howling: Reborn, reports Variety.

Former studio marketing executive Joe Nimziki will write and direct the film, slated for a Halloween 2011 release with production to begin in February.

Gremlins director Joe Dante helmed the original Howling, released in 1981. The movie spawned six sequels.

The original's producers Steve Lane and Bob Pringle will return for the remake.

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