Sean Bean is sticking out his thumb and catching a remake. Bean will take the role made famous in cult movie circles by Rutger Hauer in a remake of the 1986 horror film The Hitcher according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie follows a young couple (the female role to be played by Sophia Bush, the male role as yet uncast) driving across the country who become the targets of a serial killer (Bean). As the killer commits murder, he pins the crimes on the young man.
The original film starred Hauer as well as C. Thomas Howell and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The remake is being produced by Michael Bay who has been on the horror remake kick for several years now and will be directed by Dave Meyers who is credited by The Hollywood Reporter as a “veteran music video helmer”
