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More on ‘The Hitcher’
We’ve actually known for a while that the remake of the 1986 creep-out “The Hitcher” would happen this summer in Austin. Looks like the crew is sticking to its posted starting date — that is, today — and rolling cameras outdoors on the UT campus for “generic college scenes,” our campus source tells us.
The remake is written by Eric Red, who wrote the remake for “When a Stranger Calls” (is Red in a rut?) and directed by Dave Meyers, a music video guy whose credits include vids for Britney Spears, OutKast and J. Lo.
The film stars Sean Bean, Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton, according to the Internet Database, and is being produced by Michael Bay, the hot-shot director of “Pearl Harbor” who also produced Austin-made horror remake “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
The production is slated for 44 days in Austin and New Mexico.
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