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Edgar Wright's Next Might be 'Kolchak' with Johnny Depp

With Edgar Wright no longer directing Disney and Marvel's Ant-Man his schedule has opened up. According to one specious report, he might just return to Disney.

Wright could return to the Mouse House for Kolchak: The Night Stalker, a property he was developing years ago.

This adaptation of the semi-popular seventies television series followed Carl Kolchak, a tabloid newspaperman who also served as something of a paranormal investigator, getting involved in cases involving werewolves, monsters and boogeymen.

There was comedy not only in star Darren McGavin's incredulity at these monsters, but also the extreme skepticism shown by Kolchak's friends and colleagues. It's very likely the mixture of scares and laughs had a massive impact on Wright's cinematic interests.

The report reminds us that a script by D.V. DiVincentis (Grosse Point Blank) has been completed (and has been for a while), and right now it's only about if Johnny Depp, who's been developing the project for years, signs on the dotted line. Depp is currently filming Black Mass.

Of course, while Wright's involvement is not a guarantee, neither is Depp's.

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