Marcus Nispel (
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) will direct
Turn for Radar Pictures at Paramount.
Based on a Japanese film by the same name,
Turn is a supernatural thriller about a woman who slips into a coma after an accident and finds upon waking that she is in a parallel reality --- a completely empty city, where she is forced to relive the same day over and over again.
Executive producer Roy Lee calls it a "horror version of
Groundhog Day "
The Japanese
Turn is more of a love story than a thriller, but Fernley Phillips' screenplay ups the horror ante, which is what attracted Nispel to the project.
"In the original, the thriller aspect is indicated, but then it doesn't follow through," Nispel said. "In this version, it's interesting because you get lured into a love story and suddenly realize you're not quite sure what you're looking at. It's an interesting balance you just don't see a lot."