One of the most promising horror directors of the past few years has been Johannes Roberts, and now there’s some news on one potential new project for the Brit.

While promoting the hotly-anticipated The Strangers: Prey at Night, Roberts was asked about the work of John Carpenter. Having cited Carpenter’s beloved The Fog as a huge influence on follow-up to Bryan Bertino’s 2008 effort, Roberts has talked about how he’d like to oversee a remake of the Master of Horror’s Christine. In fact, he specifically discussed how Christine played a part in inspiring an automotive element of Prey at Night that sees the film’s trilogy of killers slowly stalking their targets from a Ford 100.

Speaking to Bloody Disgusting, Roberts enthused, “[Christine’s] possibly my favourite movie. It’s certainly one of my favourites. Visually I think it’s incredible. It was just something I really wanted to play around with but it was something when I met the truck for the first time in real life, I was like yeah, there’s something about the Ford 100. It was just a great looking car and I just thought, ‘Fuck, this is going to be an amazing character in the movie.’ There’s something creepy about empty cars with the radios playing, cars in silhouette. It just became this character in its own right. It just became really fun to play around with that.”

For those unfamiliar with Christine, the 1983 movie was based on novel of the same name from the iconic Stephen King. Following a demented sentient Plymouth Fury, the vehicle has the likes of Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, and Harry Dean Stanton in its headlights.

In a separate interview with Latino Review, Roberts went as far as to outright outline his hope of handling a Christine remake. As he told the outlet, “I go into Sony every week under the pretence of doing something else. Like, ‘Oh yeah, you got this news… so about Christine…’ I don’t know what’s happening with that. I’ll get it one day.”

While part of this is clearly a little tongue-in-cheek, the fact that Johannes Roberts has spoken to several different outlets about his love of Christine should suggest he’s maybe trying to put the idea out there a tad. In addition to this, he’s also made mention of possibly remaking Carpenter’s Chevy Chase-headlined Memoirs of an Invisible Man.

Having impressed many with the likes of F, The Other Side of the Door, and 47 Meters Down, Roberts’ The Strangers: Prey at Night is released in the US this Friday. Where UK fans are concerned, there’s actually a few select advanced screenings this week ahead of a full release for the sequel on May 4th.

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