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THE CREATURE returns! BLACK LAGOON remake gets a director!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with news of the moment. SAHARA's Breck Eisner has been announced as directing THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON from a script by Gary Ross (whose father wrote the original 1954 film). Eisner (whose father smeared feces on Uncle Walt's portrait in Disney HQ) seems like a really nice guy. I've heard good things about him. I never did see SAHARA, so I have no idea if he's right for this film, but I will say that this one's all about the tone. While not my favorite Universal Monster (I prefer both Frankenstein and The Wolf Man) there was a creepiness to the original that surpassed the other Universal monsters, particularly that great underwater shot of the girl swimming on the surface while the creature followed below, looking up. Harry knows and loves the original film more than I do, so I wouldn't be surprised if he pops in to give his two cents on this revelation. Good luck Gary Ross, Breck Eisner and the crew. You got some mighty big flippers to fill.



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first, and...
by Netherduuk
Oct 20th, 2005
01:12:38 AM
hmmmm
by elmstreetkid
Oct 20th, 2005
01:14:26 AM
I love, love, love the original version
by Snookeroo
Oct 20th, 2005
01:35:27 AM
Don't know about that team...
by team america
Oct 20th, 2005
01:38:24 AM
Creature will be played by @qu@f@g
by Det. John Kimble
Oct 20th, 2005
01:43:50 AM
Gill Man is possibly the most perfect monster design in all of m
by FrankDrebin
Oct 20th, 2005
02:25:15 AM
If it wasn't for Steve Zahn, there'd be no reason to wat
by FrankDrebin
Oct 20th, 2005
02:27:22 AM
I hope they keep the original desing of the creature as close as
by The Founder
Oct 20th, 2005
02:40:25 AM
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha Eisner!? You are fucking kidding me!
by DerLanghaarige
Oct 20th, 2005
02:41:34 AM
Apart from some astonishingly crap music choices SAHARA was a bl
by Cash Bailey
Oct 20th, 2005
03:02:30 AM
I wanted to like Sahara
by Gheorghe Zamfir
Oct 20th, 2005
03:21:15 AM
You just KNOW that this is gonna have the exact same plot as ANA
by FrankDrebin
Oct 20th, 2005
03:22:44 AM
Jeezus God, Can't These Morons Come Up With Their OWN Storie
by filker-tom
Oct 20th, 2005
03:34:23 AM
THEY MUST KEEP THE SAME BASIC CREATURE DESIGN!
by Darth Bono Jr.
Oct 20th, 2005
04:19:44 AM
I can't wait until the THIRD movie...
by Darth Bono Jr.
Oct 20th, 2005
04:21:09 AM
Like Planet of the Apes, the original still holds up so well tha
by Uncle Stan
Oct 20th, 2005
04:45:58 AM
THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US -AGAIN!
by Master Bruce
Oct 20th, 2005
04:46:12 AM
Don't know why, but the idea of THIS remake actually appeals
by Lone Fox
Oct 20th, 2005
06:02:12 AM
I dug "Sahara."
by Evil Chicken
Oct 20th, 2005
06:05:35 AM
My first Horrorfilm
by Elkatak
Oct 20th, 2005
07:18:19 AM
Gotta agree, this will end up being another Anaconda deal.
by Shermdawg
Oct 20th, 2005
07:27:45 AM
Sweet idea!
by dr_dreadlocks
Oct 20th, 2005
07:48:14 AM
God bless South Korea...
by CuervoJones
Oct 20th, 2005
07:49:11 AM
Looks like everybody can make a remake of a true classic.
by DerLanghaarige
Oct 20th, 2005
08:11:50 AM
Remember when Mark Hamill was going to be in this?
by rev_skarekroe
Oct 20th, 2005
08:36:14 AM
Wasn't the creature one of Hannibal's disguises in the A
by Lone Fox
Oct 20th, 2005
08:40:52 AM
Will they be bringing back...
by Childe Roland
Oct 20th, 2005
08:43:45 AM
It's not an Anaconda storyline. That's why they brought
by genro
Oct 20th, 2005
09:54:05 AM
The Gill-Man design in The Monster Squad was an excellent update
by Osmosis Jones
Oct 20th, 2005
10:15:23 AM
Great. Another Classic Shat Upon.
by www.valiens.com
Oct 20th, 2005
10:28:10 AM
You know, Sommers wouldn't be right for it, anyway.
by Anna Valerious
Oct 20th, 2005
10:34:55 AM
down with nepotism!
by the_man_from_Rio
Oct 20th, 2005
10:46:42 AM
Anna Valerious
by DocPazuzu
Oct 20th, 2005
11:02:48 AM
Yeah, I was forced to see Sahara against my will...
by MasterWhedon
Oct 20th, 2005
11:08:55 AM
Dude, do you have estrogen coarsing through your body?
by Anna Valerious
Oct 20th, 2005
11:23:34 AM
THE BLAND CREATURE FROM THE MEDIOCRE LAGOON
by President Evil
Oct 20th, 2005
11:31:51 AM
"Us gals perfer (??) the monster movies while you guys thought &
by President Evil
Oct 20th, 2005
11:42:04 AM
MEMO to EISNER:
by uberman
Oct 20th, 2005
11:56:11 AM
Deep Rising was assloads better than fuckin Sahara!
by chickychow
Oct 20th, 2005
11:59:38 AM
In the words of Peter Griffin...
by Anna Valerious
Oct 20th, 2005
12:15:23 PM
""Van Helsing" is a proposed trilogy. They were only starting th
by DocPazuzu
Oct 20th, 2005
12:21:57 PM
President Evil
by DocPazuzu
Oct 20th, 2005
12:24:01 PM
"Most Perfect Monster Design"
by trysop
Oct 20th, 2005
01:00:36 PM
best classic monster movie ever...
by Hail
Oct 20th, 2005
01:03:59 PM
DEEP RISING wasn't anything special, but did have 3 good sce
by FrankDrebin
Oct 20th, 2005
01:18:03 PM
FrankDrebin
by DocPazuzu
Oct 20th, 2005
01:26:29 PM
Steve Wang made Gillman and Abe Sapien, so I hope they have him
by Declan_Swartz
Oct 20th, 2005
01:41:16 PM
I don't have too much of an attachment to the original CREAT
by Orbots Commander
Oct 20th, 2005
01:43:55 PM
Oh, and Breck,
by Orbots Commander
Oct 20th, 2005
01:46:57 PM
Memo to Breck Eisner.
by dr_dreadlocks
Oct 20th, 2005
02:04:16 PM
Hogcholera, I too had movies ruined by a talkshow host
by Big Jim
Oct 20th, 2005
02:24:12 PM
"Sahara made me want to punch the screen. can't stand McCona
by www.valiens.com
Oct 20th, 2005
03:50:53 PM
Iffa they gonna to do it...
by DinoDeLaurentiis
Oct 20th, 2005
03:59:23 PM
Needs David Lynch...
by vinylsaurus
Oct 20th, 2005
04:41:38 PM
Dino? Is that you?
by Childe Roland
Oct 20th, 2005
04:45:21 PM
Sweet Mother of God!
by Blue_Demon
Oct 20th, 2005
05:15:13 PM
Er...I meant "Sahara"
by Blue_Demon
Oct 20th, 2005
05:17:30 PM
I hope they honor the best B-movie music cue of all time!
by Batutta
Oct 20th, 2005
06:56:12 PM
The original stunk.
by Thirteen 13
Oct 20th, 2005
07:49:56 PM
And the remake will be worse.
by Thirteen 13
Oct 20th, 2005
07:50:30 PM
Gillman effects should go to Bker or Wang, anyone else would rui
by Monkey_King
Oct 20th, 2005
09:37:25 PM
They must use a man in a suite and have the Ester Williams scene
by Jugs
Oct 21st, 2005
03:13:02 AM
WTF?!? Why a remake?!
by Fugazi32
Oct 21st, 2005
04:38:08 AM
Personally, I loved 'The Mummy' and think it's the b
by TheGinger Twit
Oct 21st, 2005
04:39:58 AM
Do you guys really want to see the exact same man in rubber suit
by TheGinger Twit
Oct 21st, 2005
04:50:28 AM
Childe, you know where the Dino's been.
by TonyWilson
Oct 21st, 2005
08:57:22 AM
The original design is so corny now.
by Wee Willie
Oct 21st, 2005
11:56:46 AM
DEEP RISING...
by uberman
Oct 21st, 2005
12:15:36 PM
You know its true, so don't fight it.
by uberman
Oct 21st, 2005
12:17:21 PM
doomsday for the gill man
by CrimsonGhost
Oct 21st, 2005
03:38:13 PM
uberman
by DocPazuzu
Oct 21st, 2005
04:08:49 PM
I know, Tony...
by Childe Roland
Oct 21st, 2005
04:33:37 PM
Doc and Hog
by uberman
Oct 21st, 2005
05:56:18 PM
OMG Hog Chholera....
by TonyWilson
Oct 21st, 2005
05:58:32 PM
(Sigh) I gotta go along with pazuzu on this also (Sigh)
by TheGinger Twit
Oct 21st, 2005
11:41:07 PM
uberman
by DocPazuzu
Oct 22nd, 2005
02:39:02 AM
Sandy Collora
by Swungdash
Oct 22nd, 2005
06:52:26 AM
The Creature Meets Jar Jar!
by ZombieSolutions
Oct 22nd, 2005
08:36:47 AM
Jar Jar would win
by thatguyoverthere
Oct 22nd, 2005
08:52:01 AM

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