Haley Joel Osment Is Back - And In a Comic Book Movie!

The triumphant return of Haley Joel Osment is here! One of the greatest child actors to ever grace the silver screen is back. The wait is over! After an 8 year layoff, Haley is starring in Wake the Dead, an adaptation of 30 Days of Night author Stephen Niles‘s graphic novel. Check it out...

By nailbiter111 - Jun 28, 2011 05:06 PM EST

Filed Under: 30 Days of Night

Yes, it's been eight long years since we've had the pleasure of seeing Haley on film. I've been counting the days. Watching his last film, 2003′s Secondhand Lions over and over again, but it just wasn't enough to satisfy my Haley fix. And now, with this good news, I'm sated. Mr. Robert Pattinson better watch out, there is a new heart throb in town and his name is Haley.

Variety reports Osment will star in Wake the Dead, an adaptation of 30 Days of Night author Stephen Niles‘s graphic novel that takes the Frankenstein story and sets it in the present day. Osment will play a college student named Victor Franklin who, in his studies, experiments with reversing death.

Wake the Dead is being produces through the guitarist Slash‘s horror banner, Slasher Films. Jay Russell (Ladder 49) is set to direct. Says Slasher Films producer Rob Eric of Osment’s casting, “This role allows him to break out of his shell and he will have no problem handling it.”

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31 Comments

Hellsing - 6/28/2011, 5:34 PM

just recognised who he is, its the kid from Sixth Sense. And just because he was a good child actor doesn't necessarily mean that he's going to be good adult actor

kingmonkeyman - 6/28/2011, 5:53 PM

I see undead people

ThreeBigTacos - 6/28/2011, 6:23 PM

are you in love with him?

and at first I thought it said The Walking Dead (The TV show) not Wake the Dead lol

patriautism - 6/28/2011, 6:33 PM

You sound like you wanna knock boots with this guy. I completely forgot about this kid, well besides when he got caught driving drunk with some weed..He was stopped in a 1996 station wagon too, wouldn't you think he had a better car than that?
The girl that plays Arya Stark makes his child acting look like a joke.

patriautism - 6/28/2011, 10:13 PM

@nailbiter111Oh sorry didn't realize. Secondhand Lions was a darn good movie though!

cable23 - 6/28/2011, 10:58 PM

He was a great actor as a child, nice to see him get a role. But what he needs to do is tell Actvison to make Kingdom Hearts 3. He was Sora.

ThreeBigTacos - 6/28/2011, 10:59 PM

I think you mean Square Enix @Cable23.

cable23 - 6/28/2011, 11:10 PM

Oh damn, your right. Thats how tired I am. LOL

Osiris - 6/28/2011, 11:59 PM

SORAAAAA!!!! and that is all I care about him... lol

MissMystique - 6/29/2011, 12:16 AM

He had a really hard time and lots of problems (the car accident), just give him a chance. I think he will return with something good

MaddMonkk - 6/29/2011, 1:51 AM

He was Forrest Gump's son too. He still looks like a little kid a bit to me. I figured he'd be doing shakeyspear on broadway by now. Good Luck to him and he better scare the bejebus out of me again with this flick.

CherryBomb - 6/29/2011, 3:02 AM

Seems interesting, Haley does love dead-people!
:D

woo

CherryBomb - 6/29/2011, 3:04 AM

njferns - 6/29/2011, 4:41 AM

@nailbiter111 I SO agree with the 1st comment...ditto what was going through my mind. Since you are such a fan of his acting in The Sixth Sense you have over-hyped his comeback imho...
Just cos he did great 8 years ago doesn't guarantee he'll do great after so many years! We've seen so many great child actors blossom as kids on screen on the telly but then disappear into oblivion! All we can do is wait & watch, & see how he does in WTD...

njferns - 6/29/2011, 4:42 AM

@Osiris Thats a cool dp! Is it from Harry Potter?

StrangerX - 6/29/2011, 5:53 AM

He is a great actor, and as long as he doesn't become a drug addict or Hollywood degenerate he'll be fine.

gunfighterii - 6/29/2011, 6:49 AM

@SuperArgo A.I. Wasnt straight to DvD infact it did rather well at box office:

Box Office
Budget:$90,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:$29,352,630 (USA) (1 July 2001) (3242 Screens)
Gross:$235,927,000 (Worldwide)
(info From imdb)

JosePetrelli12 - 6/29/2011, 8:11 AM

meh

nuck82 - 6/29/2011, 8:24 AM

@StrangerX he already got a DUI a year or 2 ago

StrangerX - 6/29/2011, 8:50 AM

lol.looks like we got another Charlie Sheen then.

MovieMisfit - 6/29/2011, 3:42 PM

He was a great child actor and he's done some stuff on Broadway since then. Most notably, he was in a Broadway production of David Mamet's "American Buffalo", in that play alone...he proved he could still act.
He's also done some straight to video stuff.

thegreek - 6/29/2011, 5:21 PM

Nailbiter1111- LMFAO...

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