Johnny Depp is lining up a number of new projects at Disney and one of them happens to be a remake of The Night Stalker. According to Deadline:

"Like many... Depp had fond memories of the ABC telepic and series The Night Stalker, and they got Disney's Rich Ross and Sean Bailey sparked on a pitch for Depp to potentially play tabloid reporter Carl Kolchak."

This deal was just made, so there are no additional details at this time. The original version of The Night Stalker was a 1972 TV movie that starred Darren McGavin as reporter Carl Kolchak. The movie was also spawned the Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series.

Source: Deadline