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by Ethan Anderton
After taking on the likable, charming role of Frodo in Lord of the Rings, a role which he'll reprise for Peter Jackson's return to Middle-Earth with The Hobbit, actor Elijah Wood took on a drastically different role as the quiet, creepy cannibalistic killer Kevin in Sin City. Now he looks to be taking on another sinister role again as Bloody Disgusting reports (with confirmation from Deadline) that Wood has landed the lead role in Maniac, a remake of William Lustig's 1980 horror film of the same name. Wood will play a strange guy who sells antique mannequins but also happens to be a serial killer who finds his victims online. Read on!
Once he has his prey in front of them, he scalps and kills them, and all of this apparently gives him some sort of satisfaction of revenge against his abusive mother. Clearly the film's called Maniac for a reason. The Hills Have Eyes and Piranha 3D writers Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur are scripting the remake with P2 and Wrong Turn at Tahoe director Franck Khalfoun directing the film. This certainly sounds like another provocative role for Wood who gestates between charming things like Happy Feet and the forthcoming sequel and adult fare like the comedy series "Wilfred" on FX.
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