Lionsgate and MarVista Entertainment have joined forces to remake a handful of made-for-TV thrillers, Deadline reports, and the first wave of titles has been announced.
The films being remade are all from the Hearst library.
Deadline details, “Projects that are set to be remade include The Babysitter’s Seduction, which aired on NBC and starred Keri Russell as babysitter Michelle Winston and Phylicia Rashad, Lifetime’s psychological thriller Sex and Mr. X, which starred Linda Hamilton and Jacqueline Bisset, and thriller Sex, Lies and Obsession, which starred Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna.”
“MarVista has identified over 100 titles to reimagine,” Deadline also notes.
MarVista’s CEO said in a statement, “Timeless tales that defined the made for television/movie of the week genre is a great source of proven IP. The reimagining of this lane of content is perfectly timed with the juncture of the reinvention of the television paradigm. With the proliferation of available viewing platforms, consumer desire for snackable content in a sea of bingeable series, these movies are ripe for re-telling through a modern and diverse lens.”