Sony Pictures Sets Release Dates for the GRUDGE Reboot & GREYHOUND Starring Tom Hanks

According to Variety, Sony Pictures has set Tom Hanks war drama "Greyhound," for an April 5, 2019, release, and dated its "Grudge" reboot on Aug. 16, 2019.

"Greyhound," is a war drama starring Tom Hanks based on C.S. Forester's novel "The Good Shepherd." Aaron Schneider is directing the film written by Hanks.

The film is being produced by Playtone's Gary Goetzman and Hanks. FilmNation Entertainment's Aaron Ryder, Playtone's Steven Shareshian, and David Coatsworth serve as executive eroducers. FilmNation sold worldwide rights to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA), which is financing in association with Bron Creative, Sycamore Pictures, and Zhengfu Pictures.

"Greyhound" is set during World War II, when an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by Capt. Ernest Krause (Hanks), cross the treacherous North Atlantic while being hotly pursued by WOLF packs of Nazi U-boats.

"Grudge" is directed by Nicolas Pesce in a re-imagining of the supernatural thriller, for Ghost House and Good Universe. SPWA has picked up worldwide rights.

Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will produce for Ghost House with Nathan Kahane and Erin Westerman executive producing for Good Universe alongside Schuyler Weiss, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Middleton, and Andrew Pfeffer. Romel Adam will oversee for Ghost House and Brady Fujikawa will oversee for Good Universe.

The original Grudge film is a supernatural horror film that premiered in 2004. The film centers around a curse that is born when someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage or extreme sorrow. The curse is an entity created where the person died. Those who encounter this supernatural force die, and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passed from victim to victim in an endless, growing chain of horror.

"Grudge" is scheduled to begin filming this May.

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