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Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward and Penn Badgley are set to star in “The Stepfather,” a Screen Gems remake of the 1987 thriller. Adrianne Palicki is in negotiations to round out the cast.

Screem Gems is aiming the film as more of a Hitchcock-style thriller than the original. Story centers on a teenage boy (Badgley) who discovers his soon-to-be stepfather isn’t all he appears. In fact, the man who fell in love with his mother (Sela Ward), might be a psycho who murdered his previous family. Palicki would play the boy’s girlfriend.

“Nip/Tuck” star Walsh plays the title role originated by “Lost” star Terry O’Quinn. O’Quinn played the role in a 1989 sequel as well.

The redo will be directed by Nelson McCormick (“Prom Night”) from a script by J.S. Cardone. Greg Mooradian and Mark Morgan of Maverick Films will produce.

Production is aimed to start in March or April.