V/H/S director David Bruckner is helming a remake of The Blob. TheWrap is reporting that the horror filmmaker will write and direct a brand new model of the movie for Warner Bros Movement Image Group.
The Blob first hit cinema screens in 1958 and starred Steve McQueen in his first main position. The plot follows a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that crashes to Earth from outer house, touchdown in a rural city, and proceeds to devour each residing being in its path, rising in measurement every time.
In 1972, Dallas star Larry Hagman directed a sequel titled Beware! The Blob and in 1988 Chuck Russell remade the unique starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith.
The unique B-movie horror grew to become a cult basic, and its goo particular results had a long-lasting influence on the horror and sci-fi genres.
Phantom 4’s David Goyer and Keith Levine will produce, whereas Judith Harris, who’s the rights holder and the widow of Jack Harris who produced each the 1958 and 1988 variations, is serving as govt producer.
Bruckner made his repute within the horror style with the V/H/S anthology movies, The Ritual and No One Will get Out Alive.
He additionally directed the 2022 Hellraiser reboot, primarily based on Clive Barker’s 1986 novella The Hellbound Coronary heart and the creator’s personal 1987 movie which launched the world to demonic being Pinhead.