Joe Dante to bring us vampire/werewolf tale Ombra Amore

Last Updated on July 22, 2021

GREMLINS director Joe Dante premiered his latest film BURYING THE EX in Venice earlier this year, and now has his sights set on underground Rome as the setting for the vampire/werewolf love story that puts a classical Romeo and Juliet tale into today’s financial crisis-ridden Italy with OMBRA AMORE, according to THR.

We've seen films tackle vampire/werewolf love stories before, and some of them were very much in the vein of Romeo and Juliet (I keep thinking back to the first UNDERWORLD flick), but Dante is sure to put his signature stamp on OMBRA AMORE which should help it stand out. Here's what OMBRA AMORE concerns:

Pete is a werewolf whose pack is a crew of hotheaded financial traders responsible for Italy’s current economic crisis. Maggie is a vampire whose family is a formerly-wealthy aristocratic clan brought to bankruptcy by the greedy werewolves. Amongst a series of other-worldly troubles, it remains to be seen whether or not their love can survive among the warring families.

OMBRA AMORE is budgeted at around $14.6 million, with Dante promising “a compelling new take on a classic genre.” Says Dante…

“Rome. The Eternal City of Gods and Monsters. Where a She-Wolf suckled Romulus and Remus. And what could be more eternal than Un-death?"

What, indeed?

I'm very curious about this one. We'll keep you posted on news regarding OMBRA AMORE as we hear it.