During the Summer we reported that ‘Piranha’ helmer Alexandre Aja would be producing a remake of William Lustig’s 1980 slasher flick ‘Maniac’. ‘P2’ helmer Franck Khalfoun was lined up to helm and now it appears that the maniac role has also been nailed. ‘Sin City’ and ‘The Faculty’ star Elijah Wood (below) has signed up to star as serial murderer Frank Zito, originally portrayed by actor Joe Spinell. Aja and collaborator Grégory Levasseur have penned the script and gorgeous French actress Nora Arnezeder (‘Safe House’) is set to star as the love interest of Wood’s character Frank. More on this when we have it.
“Antique mannequin salesman and deranged murderer Frank Zito (Elijah Wood) seek women online to kill and scalp as revenge against his abusive mother whom still haunts him in disturbing hallucinations.”
Elijah Wood Becomes A ‘Maniac’
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