It was revealed last week that Cloverfield and Let Me In director Matt Reeves would be working on a new Sci-Fi film for Universal, but he's also set to direct a vampire film for Fox called The Passage. This is an adaptation of the Justin Cronin novel that is a post-apocalyptic vampire tale:
"In The Passage, a group of terminally ill cancer patients get healthy after being subjected to the bites of bats in South America. Naturally, the government see this as a cure for the disease and starts experimenting. They end up with a legion of nearly indestructible, telepathic vampire masters that begin infecting the populace. The tone is closer to 28 Days Later and The Stand than Let The Right One In or Twilight Saga."
There is no word on which project Matt Reeves will direct first, but we'll post an update as soon as we hear more information on either project.
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