NEW!!! Plans for a possible reimagining of 'THE BATES MOTEL'
NORMAN BATES- THE NEXT REALITY TV STAR?
by Alex Riviello
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
http://creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=2589
06.28.2007
'The Hollywood Reporter' revealed recently that production company Vertigo Entertainment (The Ring, The Grudge) has inked a deal with Lionsgate to produce TV shows for network and cable audiences.
Along with some other prospects like a "high-stakes gambling drama", the most interesting show they have in the works is "THE BATES MOTEL," which indeed will be a re-imagining of Hitchcock's classic "PSYCHO."
There's no other info available at time, but that won't stop us from guessing at what happens. Perhaps this will be another "PSYCHO IV: The Beginning(1990)", a prequel of sorts that brings us up to date on Norman's psychosis. One thing it won't be is similar to the "BATES MOTEL" TV movie that premiered in 1987. That film was about a fellow inmate and friend of Norman's who inherited the motel after Bates died in the asylum... and of course brought it back open for business.
In any case, it's way too early to tell what's going to happen with this, but we'll bring you more as we hear it. Let's just hope it hits cable.