James Wan Creating A New Creature From The Black Lagoon Movie

Given his expertise bringing horror franchises to screens and his time spent on watery adventures with the Aquaman movies, it feels one way or the other pure that James Wan would contemplate leaping aboard a modernized model of The Creature From The Black Lagoon. So phrase that he is in early talks for precisely that’s not actually stunning.

The 1954 unique, directed by Jack Arnold, leaned into the 3D method to inform the story of the Gill-Man, a prehistoric human-fish hybrid monster who lived within the water and the ichthyologist – performed by Julie Adams – who catches his eye.

Varied updates have been tried via the years, together with by John Landis, Ivan Reitman, Gary Ross (son of the unique movie’s scriptwriter Arthur A. Ross) and Breck Eisner, however all sank into the event extra. An effort to incorporate the Creature in Common’s Darkish Universe shared cinematic idea received so far as Will Beall writing the script.

In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, Wan’s take is being described as a grounded, modernized retelling that can lean into visceral horror, whereas nonetheless paying respect to the unique.

Proper now, Wan is in early talks to direct, with the hunt on for a author to work on the script with him. So we’ll have to attend and see if this one swims or sinks.