‘Creature From the Black Lagoon’ Remake in the Works From James Wan
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Aquaman” director James Wan is returning to the sea for his next feature film.
He’s developing a remake of “Creature From the Black Lagoon” and is in early talks to direct for Universal Pictures. The project is described as a “grounded modernized retelling that leans into visceral horror whilst paying respect to the original classic.” It’s been 70 years since the “Creature From the Black Lagoon” first graced on the big screen in the 1954 adaptation directed by Jack Arnold and starring Richard Carlson and Julia Adams.
Over the years, several directors including Guillermo del Toro have tried to reboot the black-and-white monster movie about a group of scientists who encounter a prehistoric monster in the Amazonian waters, but none have gotten off the ground. “Creature From the Black Lagoon” is Universal’s latest attempt to mine its vast catalog of classic monsters for theaters.
After the studio’s experiment to fashion a monster-verse flamed out with Tom Cruise’s box office disaster “The Mummy,” it opted to focus on standalone features rather than an interconnected Dark Universe.
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