The Pet Sematary remake has added another name to its cast. John Lithgow has joined the Stephen King reboot.
John Lithgow will be playing the character Jud Crandall, a role Fred Gwynne brought to the screen back in 1989. Crandall is Creed’s kindly neighbor, who introduces him to the titular location.
Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch, the writing/directing duo behind Starry Eyes, have been tasked with bringing Stephen King’s Pet Sematary back to the screen, and Jason Clarke (Winchester) is currently in talks to star as Louis Creed.
In the original film, Louis Creed and his wife Rachel move their two children into a home and soon learn there is a creepy Pet Sematary near their property, where legend has it that animals buried there come back to life. It starts with their cat being run over and brought back, and it gets much worse when the reanimation attempt turns to humans, who don’t come back exactly as they were before.
Pet Sematary is slated for release on April 19, 2019
