De Mornay to star in Mother's Day remake

Rebecca De Mornay is getting in touch with her maternal instincts in Mother's Day, a remake of Charles Kaufman's 1980 Troma cult classic.

The original Mother's Day revolved around three female friends who, while camping, run afoul of two brothers who commit murder and rape to impress their deranged mother.

The new version, written by Scott Milam and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, remoulds the story as a psychological thriller in which the wicked family returns to the house where they grew up to terrorise the new owners and their guests.

Mother, as De Mornay's character is called, will to go any lengths to protect her children.

The part echoes the evil nanny the actress played in 1992's The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, a comparison not lost on the film's makers.

"Every time you look at [Rebecca], she is on fire, and to take her to this level - which is like her role in Hand That Rocks The Cradle, times a thousand - is exciting," said Bousman, who has directed three Saw films.

"[The character] is not some Freddy Krueger or Jason, so it was important for me to get a real actress," he added.

Also in the cast are Jaime King, Shawn Ashmore, Briana Evigan, Alexa Vega, Matt O'Leary and Deborah Ann Woll.

- Reuters