Paramount Pictures has set release dates for two upcoming films. Pet Sematary, a reboot of the Stephen King classic, has been given a slot on April 19, 2019 and Instant Family, starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, is set for February 15, 2019.
Pet Sematary will be directed by Kevin Klosch and Dennis Widmyer. Jeff Buhler adapted the script from the novel. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Steven Schneider and Mark Vahradian will produce.
The film is an updated version of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary.
in 1989 Paramount has already did a feature version adapted by King that starred Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby and Fred Gwynne. That version grossed $57.5 million at the box office.
The February 15 release date for Instant Family will put it opposite 20th Century Fox/Marvel’s Gambit, Warner Bros./New Line’s Isn’t It Romantic and Universal/Blumhouse’s untitled film.
Instant Family is the story of a couple who want to have children and adopt through the foster-care system, only to find themselves raising three wild kids who have no interest in being parented. Directed by Sean Anders, the film was written by Sean Anders and Brian Burns. Anders, John Morris, Wahlberg and Steve Levinson are producing.
