Only a day after the news broke that Zac Efron has left the Footloose remake that is to be directed by his High School Musical director Kenny Ortega, it’s been announced that Efron will re-team with 17 Again director Burr Steers for The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud.
The drama will be about “a caretaker at a cemetery who manages to have weekly meetings with a younger brother whose accidental death he feels was his fault,” according to Variety. It’s based on a novel by Ben Sherwood.
Steers started out his directing career with the promising 2002 indie Igby Goes Down. If you’re in a really optimistic mood, you might say his newfound collaboration with Efron could turn into sort of a mini Scorsese/DiCaprio partnership.
Aside from 17 Again, Efron has also finished Me and Orson Welles with director Richard Linklater.
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