Immortality (upcoming film)

Immortality is an upcoming American gothic horror drama directed and written by and it is a loose "contempary remake" of Guillermo del Toro, 's 1993 Mexican film . The stars Eva Longoria and.

The film will be released in theaters through Warner Bros. Pictures and simultaneously stream on.

Premise
In this recreation of del Toro's 1993 masterpiece, Angel De'Sìntas niece of a deceased sorcerer is sent to Nashville to retrieve a 500-year-old silver Weevil, an artifact that grants anyone it latches itself on to youth and everlasting life (however blood is needed in exchange) from Georgette Flerrìse, a pawn shop owner who's not giving her immortality up easily, even risking the life of her orphan grandson, forcing Angel to choose between accomplishing her objective or seeing the grandson wind up with no home.

Cast

 * Eva Longoria as Angel De'Sìntas
 * as Georgette Flerrìse
 * as Tito the Mortician

Production
del Toro announced that his film Cronos is being remade into an American film del Toro himself will produce the film with and, the film will be described as "a loose contempary remake", roles will changed, characters will be gender swapped and will take place in modern day Nashville, Tennessee Angel De'Sìntas must retrieve a 500-year-old silver Weevil from Georgette Flerrìse, a pawnshop owner experiencing the same effects Luppi's character Jesus Gris had. , director of The Outside for del Toro's series Cabinet of Curiosities was hired by del Toro to direct and write, crew memebers including Lyle Vincent and Alex O'Flinn will be director of photography and editing were hired, Eva Longoria will executive produce the film through her UnbeliEVAble Entertainment vanity card.

del Toro also confirmed that Netflix dropped the film from their roster and was later picked up by WB Pictures and HBO Max, Miles and Ungar were later replaced by

Casting
In addition to Longoria's role as executive producer she will play Angel De'Sìntas the woman sent retrieve the Weevil, as Georgette Flerrìse, a pawn shop owner who encounters the Weevil. will reprise his role as Tito remade as a mortician, instead of coroner.

Filming
Filming will take place in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Suite 113 will be as the pawn shop where the Weevil was sold to and Cenote Dos Ojos as the cave where the Weevil was found. Canadian Motion Picture Park - 8035 Glenwood Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada will be used for certain scenes.

Homage to the original film
del Toro confirmed the script Amirpour wrote will pay homage to the original 1993 film incorporating lines from the original script (featured in both english and spanish), reenacting scenes.