"It's Weirdly a Personal Film": 'Stranger Things' Star Finn Wolfhard Explains Why He Wanted to Tackle an 'Idle Hands' Reboot

Late last year, before his directorial debut feature Hell of a Summer slashed into theaters, Finn Wolfhard and his co-director and creative partner Billy Bryk signed on to pen a remake of the '90s horror-comedy cult classic Idle Hands. Considering his first film was an homage to classic teen comedies and slashers, it sounds like the perfect next step for the Stranger Things star, with his Ghostbusters and Saturday Night director Jason Reitman joining him as a producer to reanimate the strange, dark, and supernatural flick. The original, helmed by Rodman Flender and starring horror icon Devon Sawa, followed a teenager whose hand becomes possessed and begins a streak of mass murder, starting with his parents. However, there's more to the B-movie that made Wolfhard want to put his own spin on it with Bryk.