Blumhouse and Sony Pictures have released the first trailer for Fantasy Island and it’s putting a horror spin on a classic TV show.
The film is inspired by the classic ’70s and ’80s adventure and comedy show Fantasy Island, which was created by Gene Levitt. Blumhouse and Sony Pictures are teaming up for the film that casts Michael Peña in the Ricardo Montalban role as Mr. Roarke. On the original series, which also starred Hervé Villechaize alongside a cavalcade of rotating guest stars, visitors to Fantasy Island via “ze plane” would find their greatest fantasy realized, but things rarely played out as expected. The twist with the film version is that fantasies the guest seek get morphed in horrific ways.
The film also stars Lucy Hale, Maggie Q, Austin Stowell, Portia Doubleday, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Hansen and Michael Rooker and is directed by Jeff Wadlow, best known for Truth or Dare, which also starred Hale.
Fantasy Island hits screens on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2020.
