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So after years of trying to get a new version of the classic Universal horror character CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON off the ground and then presumably being turned down for the gig of directing THE WOLF MAN (we heard he held talks for the picture)… director Breck Eisner has had to settle for directing an adaptation of less “acclaimed” material, shall we say?

Bloody Disgusting first reported it last night and then the trades have confirmed it today. SAHARA director Breck Eisner will helm a remake of George A. Romero’s 70’s horror movie THE CRAZIES from a script rewrite by Ray Wright (PULSE). The film is being produced at Rogue Pictures after Paramount let their option on the film cease.

Production is set to begin as soon as a SAG deal is made. “The Crazies” will update the storyline of the original, in which inhabitants of a small Pennsylvania town are beset by death and insanity after a plane crash lets loose a secret biological weapon into the water supply.

I’ve never seen THE CRAZIES but from the original trailer below it looks like a pretty decent idea for a movie and could turn out to be pretty spectacular if given a decent budget. It is of course very reminiscent of the Romero zombie pictures which would later go on to influence the 28 DAYS LATER/WEEKS LATER flicks.

I can’t say I cared much for his SAHARA movie but it’s pretty obvious by the movies he puts his name out too that he’s a horror fan. Maybe he can do something good in this genre?

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Further Reading

• UPDATED: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON remake is moving forward

• Breck Eisner says THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON is “not a monster”

• Olyphantastic leads THE CRAZIES

• FLASH GORDON speeds up!

• Creature from the Black Lagoon begins pre-production

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1. [...] not having a greenlight from Universal or a director to speak off (Breck Eisner left to remake Romero’s THE CRAZIES earlier this year), the producer and son of the original writer of THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (who I’m [...]

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