Chloe Grace Moretz, Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton Are On Board for ‘Suspiria’ Remake

Variety has just confirmed that Chloe Grace Moretz will be starring opposite Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, and Mia Goth in the upcoming remake of Dario Argento’s beloved classic, Suspiria.

While that’s a mighty fine lineup of performers, one is still left to wonder: Why is Suspiria being remade?

A number of classic Giallo films and legendary Italian pictures have managed to avoid the grating American way of the remake, but one of the absolute best is definitely going to be tampered with. The planned Suspiria remake has been a dormant topic for so long we were beginning to really hope that someone had wizened up and decided to leave well enough alone.

It is not to be.

What else do we know about the film?

Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is directing from a script written by David Kajganich (the two collaborated on A Bigger Splash.

Suspiria will be produced by Frenesy Film Company, Mythology Entertainment, First Sun Films, and Memo Films. The producers are Guadagnino, Brad Fischer, Kajganich, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Marco Morabito, Gabriele Moratti, William Sherak, and Silvia Venturini Fendi. Mythology’s James Vanderbilt, First Sun’s Marco Morabito, Paul Deason, and Carlo Antonelli will be executive producing.

Production is now expected to begin in October in Italy and Hungary.

No word on whether or not Argento himself has yet been contacted in any capacity regarding the film.

Synopsis: In a stormy night, the American dancer Suzy Bannion arrives in Freiburg coming from New York to join a famous and expensive ballet school for a three years training. On the next morning, she is informed by the direction of the school that a student she met leaving the place on the previous night was violently murdered and the police is investigating the crime. She becomes friend of another student, Sara, and she realizes that the house is indeed a coven of evil witches.