Remember those rumblings of a Pet Sematary remake on the way? Well, that redo has now been handed a release date.

As confirmed by Paramount, the Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch-helmed effort will be released on April 19, 2019. In addition to directing, Widmyer and Kolsch have also penned the movie, too, along with Jeff Buhler.

No cast details are known at this early stage, but we do know that Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian and Steven Schneider will be producing.

Pet Sematary, of course, began life as a Stephen King novel back in 1983, with the story focussing on an eerie pet sematary behind the new home purchased by the Creed family. Rumour has it, any animals buried in said sematary will come back to life. The tale doesn’t stop there, though, for things don’t go exactly to plan when the hallowed ground is used to reanimate humans…

King’s work would famously be adapted for the big screen in 1989 by director Mary Lambert – itself in turn followed by a 1993 sequel. Ever since 2010, there’s been regular chatter of a remake happening, and at one point we even had the brilliant Guillermo del Toro throwing his hat in the ring to tackle the redo. Ultimately, del Toro’s uber-busy schedule didn’t allow for anything further to happen on that front, but we are now still getting a new take on this old favourite.

As ever, expect more on this new Pet Sematary as it continues to develop.