Night Stalker Movie Nabs Writer

D.V. DeVincentis ("Grosse Pointe Blank," "High Fidelity") will pen the feature film script based upon the cult 1970's TV series titled "The Night Stalker" reports Heat Vision.

The original series followed Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin), a reporter who investigates mysterious crimes that have a supernatural or sci-fi element.

The show was rebooted a few years ago with Stuart Townsend as Kolchak but was cancelled after a few episodes. The original was a major influence on producer Chris Carter and inspired him to create "The X-Files".

Edgar Wright is still attached to direct the pic

Johnny Depp and Christi Dembrowski will produce the pic with the notion of Depp playing Kolchak.