Dread Central reports that Director Tony Kaye ("American History X") is now no longer attached to Media 8's "The Reaper".

Media 8 first attached Kaye to the project over the summer. As recent as the American Film Market, Kaye was quoted as saying that his intention, with Reaper, was to "redefine the genre." I'm not certain what has happened since then, but Media 8's now looking for a new helmer.

"Reaper" is the story of an ex-private investigator dying of cancer who is making every effort to find his abducted daughter before he finally gives in to the Big C. He strikes up a deal with the Grim Reaper itself: if he's allowed to live just a little bit longer to find his kid, he promises to find a few rogue souls who managed to cheat death..