Michael Bay to remake The Tenant.

Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes is planning to produce a remake of Roman Polanski's classic The Tenant, with actor DJ Qualls (above) in the lead role. At the helm of the project is Dave Meyers who directed 2007's The Hitcher as well as popular music videos for the likes of Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez. Writing the script is Scott Kosar who previously wrote the scripts for the Michael Bay produced remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Amityville Horror.

Talking about the project, Kosar said "We've been working on a number of films now that Michael and I have felt needed to be updated for today's audiences for some time, and The Tenant is one of them. Our story is about a young man named Andrew Tucker who rents an apartment and finds out that the previous tenant tried to kill herself. He begins to suspect that there is more to her suicide attempt, and that the other tenants of the building are part of a cult that worship an ancient Egyptian god who planned to sacrifice the girl, but she attempted suicide to get out of their clutches. But now they have their eyes on Tucker for their next sacrifice."

Producer Michael Bay has stated "With today's technology we can do a lot of things that the 70's film had only hinted at, so I think fans will be thrilled with our version. I've seen some of the storyboarding for the final set piece, and it looks like it's shaping up to be something explosive, the kind of thing that will knock people out of their seats and have them talking for years to come."

Other actors who've been cast are Jennifer Connelly and Rufus Sewell. No release date has been announced yet.

Roman Polanski in The Tenant, 1976.