Blumhouse and Sony Pictures are rebooting the cult ’70s and ’80s TV series Fantasy Island, for a movie directed by Truth or Dare’s Jeff Wadlow, according to Deadline.
Fantasy Island ran from 1977 to 1984 with a revival that ran between 1998 and 1999 – sort of like an odd mix of Westworld and The Prisoner. The series starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke, who rented his mysterious island to rich people who could afford $50,000 for a fully immersive fantasies. With small, creepy overtones of the supernatural, the series began as two TV movies before launching a series in 1978. The show guest starred almost every TV actor of the period and went on to be remembered as a brilliant but odd slice of cult nostalgia.
There is no word yet on a Fantasy Island release date or casting, but you can relive the original opening below: