For 'Blumhouse's Fantasy Island,' writer-director Jeff Wadlow and co-writers Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs transformed the classic '70s series into a modern horror nightmare.
have dominated popular culture over the last decade, most noticeably across the horror genre. The latest reimagining is Blumhouse’s “Fantasy Island,” a PG-13 thriller that transforms the comparatively tame ’70s series into an ensemble horror movie.
For the Blumhouse version, Michael Peña dons Montalbán’s signature white suit, something the Mexican American actor felt particularly called to do. “I thought a lot about the Marvel movies,” said Wadlow. “What they do that is so incredible is they both honor the underlying material but also change it quite a bit. They identify the icons of the underlying material and that’s what they make sure is present in the film. So I looked at ‘Fantasy Island’ and I thought, what are those icons?”
“He becomes this sort of cipher because in the movie we don’t really know what Mr. Roarke’s deal is. He’s kind of this mysterious figure, this sort of sinister, ominous Willy Wonka. By the time we get towards the end of the movie, we’re not sure what his agenda is and Michael really [conveys] that. You don’t feel like you can get a read on him, which was really important for the character.”
The director brought on his “Truth or Dare” screenwriters Roach and Jacobs, a husband-and-wife team, and approached the writing process like a TV writers’ room.“We almost approach it like a multi-episode streaming series where each act is a different episode,” said Wadlow. “We do outlines like writers on TV and then we assign acts like they’re individual episodes. It’s been the most productive working relationship of my life.
“We very much structured [the movie] like an episode of the show,” said Jacobs. “They basically arrive on the island and then you’re jumping around between the fantasies. We wanted to keep that same appeal the show had. As Blumhouse continues to evolve, the company that made its name on truly chilling horror films including “Paranormal Activity,” “Insidious” and “Sinister” has opened up its offerings to social satires like “Get Out,” prestige drama like “BlacKkKlansman” and “Whiplash,” and psychological thrillers like “Fantasy Island.”
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