Johnny Depp's 'Night Stalker' Movie Enlists 'High Fidelity' Writer (Exclusive)

D.V. DeVincentis has been tapped to write Disneys big-screen adaptation of The Night Stalker.

Stalker is one of the more high-profile projects in the works at the studio because Johnny Depp is attached to star and Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) is attached to direct.

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The project is based on the ABC television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, created by Jeff Rice and starring Darren McGavin. The show ran for only one season (1974-75) although it proved a hit in syndication.

The series centered on Carl Kolchak, a reporter for the Chicago-based Independent News Service Stories, who investigated bizarre crimes committed by supernatural agents.

Depp, currently on screen in Dark Shadows (also based on a 1970's TV show) is producing with Christi Dembrowski.

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DeVincentis is best known for co-writing Gross Pointe Blank and High Fidelity. He most recently wrote the screenplay for Lay the Favorite, the Stephen Frears-directed dramedy starring Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

DeVincentis is repped by UTA, Management 360, Morris Yorn.

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