The Hitcher (2007 film)
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| The Hitcher | |
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| Directed by | Dave Meyers |
| Produced by | Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller |
| Written by | Jake Wade Wall Eric Bernt |
| Starring | Sophia Bush Sean Bean Zachary Knighton Neal McDonough |
| Music by | Steve Jablonsky |
| Cinematography | James Hawkinson |
| Editing by | Jim May |
| Distributed by | Rogue Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 19, 2007 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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The Hitcher is a 2007 remake of an 1986 horror film of the same name. It will be released on January 19, 2007.
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[edit] Plot
While driving through the desert, Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) and Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton), 2 college students, pick up a mysterious hitcher named John Ryder (Sean Bean), not knowing about his murderous plans.
[edit] Cast
- Sophia Bush as Grace Andrews
- Sean Bean as John Ryder
- Zachary Knighton as Jim Halsey
- Neal McDonough as Captain Esteridge
- Lauren Cohn as Marlene
- Skip O'Brien as Harlan Bremmer, Sr.
- Travis Schuldt as Harlan Bremmer, Jr.
- Yara Martinez as Beth
- Danny Bolero as Officer Edwards
- Michael J. FIsher as Police Officer
- Damon Carney as Negotiator
- Kyle Davis as Crazy store clerk
- Kit McGuire as Motel desk clerk
- Jeffrey Hutchinson as Young Father
- Kurt E. Soderling as Helicopter co-pilot
- Brad Robinson as Correction Officer #1
[edit] Trivia
- Rutger Hauer (who played the original hitcher) was originally planed to have a cameo in the beginning of the movie.
- At first the movie was planned to be released on April 16, but due to the early production it moved to February 18, and then to January 19.
- According to test screenings there are two endings. One where Grace walks to the nearest gas station and the other one where she gets killed in the last few seconds.
- Sophia Bush is the only survivor.
- The character Jim Halsey in the original version had the leading role but the character now has just a supporting role and gets killed in a car.
- Despite being a remake of The Hitcher, the plot of this film bears much more resemblence to it's direct to video sequel The Hitcher 2.
- Zachary Knighton beat out other actors to the role of Jim Halsey including Chris Pine, Jared Padalecki, and Justin Timberlake.
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead was offered the leading role but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts and commitments to Grindhouse. She also didn't want to become a typecast for a scream queen and wanted to take a break from horror movies.
- Sophia Bush barely beat out Hilarie Burton, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Elisha Cuthbert to the leading role.
- Kate Bosworth was offered the leading role but was forced to turn it down due to commitments to promoting Superman Returns which was very disappointing to her.
- Wes Craven was lined up to direct but pulled out.
- During early development, Kirsten Dunst was set to play Grace.
- Viggo Mortensen was offered the role of John Ryder but declined because he didn't want to be typecast as a horror icon.
