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UPDATE: New Progress on 'Creature from the Black Lagoon'
Thursday, December 4, 2008


By: MrDisgusting
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UPDATE: Eisner is in fact still attached to direct, according to AICN: A remake that has been lingering for what seems like ages over at Universal Pictures is The Creature from the Black Lagoon, which until now had director Breck Eisner locked down to direct. Today a new interview with Producer/Screenwriter Gary Ross appeared online to talk a bit about the remake, all of which can be found beyond the break. Maybe if THE WOLFMAN is successful in the Spring it'll light a fire under Uni's arse?

Producer/Screenwriter Gary Ross talked a bit about remake today to Collider. It seems that the movie is still not greenlit yet, but he hopes to have it going sometime next year. He also said that it’s not going to be campy and that they still haven’t decided if the creature will be live action or it’ll be CGI.

"I’m producing it. We’re actually moving forward," Ross tells Collider. "It’s not going to be campy. It’s not a reference to what the original was. It’s not reverential that way. We take it seriously. We found some scientific underpinnings for it which my dad actually found in the original. He based it on a lungfish he found around that time, a lot of that was his. We’re not approaching it in a campy, retro sort of way."

Ross also reveals that the remake will be based on the original film, which is one of the all-time greatest horror films and beloved among horror fans.

"Well it’s certainly going to be based on the original; my dad’s favorite was The Creature Walks Among Us and that was the last one which my dad also wrote. My dad actually died two weeks ago. We’re going to be faithful to it.?

The shocking news came when Ross explained that no director is attached anymore. Breck Eisner's name has been connected to the project for over a year now. "That hasn’t been decided yet," he tells the site.

As for CGI, Ross explains that "those are decisions that will always be made during prep. The movie is not greenlit – let me say that. But we hope to be making it sometime next year…."

In the original 1951 classic, a scientific expedition traveling up the Amazon River encounter a dangerous humanoid amphibious fish creature.


Source: Collider

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disanti
7:15pm, December 4, 2008

My roommate did some test animations for this movie last year. I can't believe no progress has been made to get this project going. What a shame.


crossbones
7:32pm, December 4, 2008

I hope they do this quick. Here's an idea, get Jessica Biel for the female lead role. Drool, drool.


disanti
7:37pm, December 4, 2008

Haha. I love Jessica Biel...but every movie she is in sucks. This movies needs an actress like Natalie Portman or someone who can really act.


tlyon2
8:57pm, December 4, 2008

How about charisma charpenter or rachel mcadams for the lead female role.


korollocke
9:30pm, December 4, 2008

it will if wolfman rocks the box office. we should see several universal classisc reduxed.


capecep
9:36pm, December 4, 2008

i hope the don't do it so i may someday tout my version: a hot brazilian ( adriana lima ) gets merc to find missing missionary daddy in '69, duo finds creature worshipping tribe led by nazi ex devil island inmate, antics ensue. think heart of darkness + alien.


coldblood
10:38pm, December 4, 2008

Ahh, the Gill Man has never been remade. He had brief appearances in Monster Squad and Mad Monster Party but I think that's it. This remake is long overdue. Hopefully it doesn't get fucked up!


Pat34
12:43am, December 5, 2008

Ummmmm......the original was NOT in 1951. it was released in 1954.


Jonny Horror
2:28am, December 5, 2008

This is one remake I have really wanted to see and fully support. GO GILLMAN !!! Let's get this rollin already !!!


rusted31
2:38am, December 5, 2008

The original is a gem of a film, I would love to see a decent remake with no CGI and decent actors. I have a feeling universal probably are waiting to see IF Wolfman is a success.


Crawler3000
4:57am, December 5, 2008

THESE remakes are the only remakes I support, I really don't like how they are remaking Friday the 13th, Child's Play, and Hellraiser, and people shouldn't support them, you SHOULDN'T make a remake when all the original cast and directors are still alive and working fully, cuz there is STILL a possibility of another entry in the franchise, but noooo, once the remake gets prematuraly made that is the END of the franchise, they may make one sequel but that's IT the series is over, buh-bye Jason nice knowin yah :( say hi to Leatherface for me, poor guy ;-: But I do support these remakes because the movies are sooooo old and the actors and directors are for SURE done with the franchises, and the films can actually use the enhancements in filmmaking, so I hope that this remake happens, along with other remakes I support like The Wolfman, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Birds, and you know other films that are actually OLD and warrant a remake Remake of a Nightmare on Elm St? Robert Englund is still alive and working! see? now thanks to Halloween, Friday the 13th remakes we'll never get the next round of Freddy vs. Jason vs. Micheal :( and not even ASH cuz it looks like Raimi and Campbell are pulling for a remake rather than Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash or Evil Dead 4....tsk tsk it doesn't make sense X( I know why they do it though, it's the money so you don't even have to tell me that.


alice #06
6:26am, December 5, 2008

i cant wait for the wolfman. im all for a creature remake. i always felt anaconda totally ripped off the original creature movie.


JahSoldier
10:23am, December 5, 2008

As long they don't use CGI (or only use it sparingly) or the usual shitty horror women (Biel, Alba, Gellar, etc.), I'll be happy. This is one of the few interesting remakes and I am really hoping this does well.


Butters
11:18am, December 5, 2008

As long as this movie isn't just another teenie bopp horror with drunken teens screwing eachother all the time, i'm fine with this...


stewietantrum
12:57pm, December 5, 2008

This could be cool if they make it dark, gritty, and actually scary.


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