The original source material includes not only the 2002 theatrical film The Grudge but also a pair of direct-to-video Grudge movies made prior to that by director Takashi Shimizu.
Unsettling material certainly seems to intrigue Pesce, and now we’ll see what he does with the supernatural horror of The Grudge.
American audiences already experienced one version of The Grudge, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as a nurse menaced by a supernatural curse.
Sony will now reboot The Grudge with an obvious eye toward launching a franchise to rival the offerings of Blumhouse.