Spanish box office hit The Body (El Cuerpo), which I first saw at TIFF several years ago, is set to get an English-language remake with Mexican multi-hyphenate Isaac Ezban’s (Parallel) Red Elephant Films and Scott Einbinder’s (Killer Joe) LA-based ANA Media, reports Deadline who adds that Ezban will direct the thriller and produce alongside Einbinder.

The well-received 2012 original is about a detective searching for the body of a femme fatale which has gone missing from a morgue.

Director Oriol Paulo scored a Goya nomination for best newcomer.

The site notes that Ezban’s most recent feature effort was BRON-backed 2018 thriller Parallel, which played at Sitges, Fantasia and FrightFest. Previous Spanish-language films for the director include horrors The Incident and The Similars, with the latter picking up the Best Latin American Film award at top Euro genre showcase Sitges.