Emily Rose Director Will Beware the Night

Filmmaker Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister) has signed on to direct Beware the Night from a script he co-wrote with Paul Boardman. Screen Gems will produce the film and is currently in negotiations with Disney for the rights.

TheWrap describes the story which follows a New York police officer tasked with investigating demon possessions, exorcisms and werewolves after dark. Casting has yet to begin, although Mark Wahlberg was reportedly being eyed for the leading role.

In addition to Emily Rose, Derrickson directed 2008's The Day the Earth Stood Still and penned the screenplay for the upcoming Devil's Knot.

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Tony Scott's Death and Top Gun 2

Tony Scott's apparent suicide Sunday still has Hollywood reeling, with the fates of many of his pending projects now in question. While Scott's death has had no immediate effect on some upcoming films, the future for Paramount's Top Gun 2 doesn't sound as promising.

The Hollywood Reporter says that director Scott and Top Gun star Tom Cruise were actively collaborating on the sequel as late as last Friday. Additionally, the director was set to helm 20th Century Fox's Narco Sub as his next project, with the studio's Lucky Stripe, Ion and Warner Bros.' The Wild Bunch also on the docket. As of right now, all four of these projects are left up in the air.

However, E! Online reports that Out of the Furnace and Stoker -- both of which Scott was credited as a producer -- will still be hitting theaters on time.

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