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Justin Long Will Star in a Grave Encounters Reboot from the Original’s Creators

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A dark, eerie scene from the found-footage horror film Grave Encounters

Justin Long is set to star in a Grave Encounters reboot, and he and fellow producer Kate Bosworth say they want to “honor the legacy of the original film, while unleashing something even darker.”

Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, the Vicious Brothers who wrote and directed the 2011 Canadian found-footage film, are developing and producing the reboot. Long and Bosworth are producing alongside Shawn Angelski. Minihan and Ortiz called Long “the definitive scream king” and “the perfect choice to reimagine Grave Encounters for a new generation.”

The original follows a reality TV ghost-hunting crew trapped in an abandoned psychiatric hospital. The reboot’s stated aim is to increase the dread, claustrophobia and psychological terror, though a separate synopsis hasn’t been announced.

At Fantastic Fest, Long said, “Grave Encounters I think we want to do really scary, like full-on.” Bosworth said Minihan approached them about rebooting it before either of them had seen the original, and she thought the role was perfect for Long.

The project was announced on September 18, 2025. As of an October 19, 2026 update, it was still in development, with no further information announced since 2025. Bosworth’s announced involvement is as a producer.

Blonde woman in a white lace dress smiling on a green velvet sofa, with lit candles and a wine glass behind her.
Seated on a velvet sofa beside a candelabra and a glass of red wine, a smiling blonde woman in a white Victorian-style dress exudes an unsettling calm in House of Darkness. Credit: House of Darkness.
Night-vision still of a pale, ghoulish creature crawling through a wall frame in a dark corridor.
A contorted, pale creature lunges through a framed opening in a darkened hallway, captured in eerie night-vision green in the original Grave Encounters. Credit: Grave Encounters.
Frightened man holding a flashlight outstretched toward camera in a dark, stone-walled space, mouth open in terror.
Wide-eyed and mouth agape, a man thrusts a flashlight toward the camera while pressed against a rough stone wall in a tense scene from Barbarian. Credit: Barbarian.
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