Hello, Jana here,

Santa Monica, California child, Cameron Monaghan has had a slow but steady rise in fame since coming onto the entertainment scene in 2002, with a 6 episode-arc on ‘Malcolm in the Middle‘ and bit parts in other series, culminating in a permanent place in the US version of ‘Shameless‘. Coming off supporting stints in ‘The Giver‘ and ‘Vampire Academy‘, he is nearing a deal that will put him in the ‘Amityville‘ re-boot that is being produced by master of the horror genre Jason Blum for Blumhouse productions.

Franck Khalfoun (‘Maniac‘) is set to direct the remake from a script written by Daniel Farrands and Casey La Scala (‘The Remaining‘). Jennifer Jason Leigh (‘Kill Your Darlings‘ and ‘Weeds‘) is already attached to the project, along with Bella Thorne (‘Big Love‘ and ‘Shake It Up‘) and Calum Worthy (‘Daydream Nation‘ and ‘Austin & Ally‘).

Producing along-side Jason Blum is Casey La Scala, Daniel Farrands with Matthew Stein and Alix Taylor  are executive producing. Dimension had plans for the cold boot of the seminal horror flick with a found-footage angle but someone, thankfully, realized that viewpoint has been overdone.

So their new direction is this: An ambitious female television news intern, on the verge of breaking the most famous haunted house case in the world, leads a team of journalists, clergymen and paranormal researchers into an investigation of the bizarre events that will come to be known as The Amityville Horror… only to unwittingly open a door to the unreal that she may never be able to close.