NBC to remake 'Rosemary's Baby' as a four-hour miniseries

Clearly trying to capitalize on the success of FX's American Horror Story franchise, NBC will remake Rosemary's Baby, the classic 1968 horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, as a four-hour miniseries.

You can understand why. NBC has found something of a niche with horror shows. Grimm, in its third season, remains solid in the ratings while Dracula, the freshman drama starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the famed bloodsucker, has been a modest Friday night hit. Then there's AHS: Coven, the wonderfully decadent cult hit that's enjoying its best season ever on FX. Creepy horror is where it's at.

In case you've never seen the original Rosemary's Baby starring Mia Farrow, it's about a young married couple who move into an old New York apartment building where they're surrounded by weird neighbors who aren't exactly bible study members. When the wife gets pregnant, she begins to fear for her unborn child -- and with good reason.

The remake will take place in Paris instead of New York. James Wong (American Horror Story, The X-Files) and Scott Abbott (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge) will write the screenplay. Good to see that Wong is involved. He did, after all, write some of The X-Files' best episodes, including "Home," about the freakishly deformed family who loved their mother a bit too much.

Although the new Rosemary's Baby will be set in Paris, NBC in a statement said the story will remain faithful to Ira Levin's best-selling novel.