"The Ring 3" reboot is just confirmed with a lead cast member, and an official title of "Rings." The US adaptation of the Japanese "Ringu" is apparently going back to the basics of the series; will the reboot explore more of Samara's origins?
Italian actress Matilda Lutz is also confirmed in the lead role for "The Ring 3" reboot; the new movie will involve the haunted videotape and Samara, with details of the plot unconfirmed aside from the overhaul (thewrap.com).
Akiva Goldsman of "A Beautiful Mind" and "Winter's Tale" is reportedly involved in writing the screenplay, which won't play out as a sequel but as a reboot. Samara's story arc and origins could be tweaked in the new movie.
The screenplay shows promise if previous writing credits are considered, though; "Rings" went through the hands of David Loucka ("The House at the End of the Street") and Jacob Aaron ("Mean Street"); their input may or may not be included in the shooting script for the film.
Matilda Lutz is a relative newcomer, whose most notable credit is her role in the show "Fuoriclasse,"; the premise of the plot is expected to be the same, though, about a haunted videotape which torments and kills anyone who watches it after seven days.
Naomi Watts, who starred in the first movie, won't make an appearance on the reboot. It's still has to be revealed how the new movie will be different from the original arc of the US and Japanese stories, about a mother and her son exposed to the videotape and their efforts to "bypass" the curse.
Gore Verbinsksi's adaptation of the Hideo Nakata original received positive reviews, but the sequel was considered by critics a letdown (cinemablend.com).
"The Ring 3" reboot will be produced by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. Will a "Ring" reboot pull it off in theaters, in spite of a considerably lengthy hiatus?
