Anton Yelchin is in talks to play the lead in DreamWorks Studios' redo of cult horror pic "
Fright Night," from director Craig Gillespie.
Yelchin, who appeared as Pavel Chekov in Paramount's "Star Trek," will play the role of Charley Brewster, a teen who discovers that his neighbor is a vampire. Gillespie will direct from an adapted script by Marti Noxon. Original "
Fright Night" was released in 1985.