Rob Zombie to remake 'The Blob'

[Brian Damage]

reviving the "Halloween" franchise, Rob Zombie will next reinvent "The Blob."
Zombie will write, direct and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classic that launched the career of Steve McQueen. Production will begin next spring.

Zombie's deal to make "The Blob" his next film comes as Dimension opens "Halloween II," the Zombie-directed sequel to his 2007 hit "Halloween."

In the original "Blob," an object from space crashes into a field, containing a red blob-like substance that absorbs the humans it contacts and grows exponentially. While Zombie was a fan of the original, he's formulated a decidedly different take that he would not reveal.

"My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing -- that's the first thing I want to change," Zombie said. "That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now."

Zombie will produce with Genre Co.'s Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten; original "Blob" producer Jack H. Harris; and Judith Parker Harris of Worldwide Entertainment Corp. and Andy Gould.

Saperstein, the former Dimension Films president who developed a relationship with Zombie while they worked on "Halloween," said that funding is in place to make an R-rated film that will cost around $30 million. The budget model is similar to that of recent fright fare like "Cloverfield" and "District 9," and they expect to firm a distribution deal before production begins. Genre Co. is in pre-production on the independently financed, Darren Bousman-directed remake "Mother's Day."

"I'd been looking to break out of the horror genre, and this really is a science fiction movie about a thing from outer space," Zombie said. "I intend to make it scary, and the great thing is I have the freedom once again to take it in any crazy direction I want to."

Zombie has begun writing. He'll follow the release of "Halloween II" with a new album and tour this fall and get the script done at that time.

Shara Kay and Jeremy Platt will be "Blob" co-producers, and David Mendez is exec producer.

Zombie’s repped by ICM and managed by Spectacle Entertainment’s Andy Gould.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

[Mr. Television]

They already had a remake of the Blob in the 1980's and I thought that one was pretty good. Don't know about another one though...

[Brian Damage]

Originally Posted by Clint Eastwood Fan

They already had a remake of the Blob in the 1980's and I thought that one was pretty good. Don't know about another one though...

I agree with you Sonny, although I will say that the Blob could still be made successfully now that we are in the age of CGI.

[JamesG]

As much as I love Zombie I'd like to see him do more of his own original material.

I don't quite get why a remake of The Blob is necessary.

[browneyes106]

Originally Posted by JamesG

As much as I love Zombie I'd like to see him do more of his own original material.

I don't quite get why a remake of The Blob is necessary.

I agree he needs to do more original material or other horror movies that aren't remakes. I remember a movie studio wanted him to direct a horror comedy called Burn Off.

[Marvo301]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! Enough with the remakes already!

[catlover79]

So, this would be remake #94,726,585,826,893,299??

[dlemond]

At this point Rob Zombie has to realize it's time to make a movie that hasn't been done before.

I mean really. We don't need any more encouragement for filmakers to run to the mill.

[coffield3]

This is getting beyond a joke! We need more talent in Hollywood...new fresh ideas!! He'll probably get his wife to play the blob..she likes to be the main attraction in his films!

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by browneyes106

I agree he needs to do more original material or other horror movies that aren't remakes. I remember a movie studio wanted him to direct a horror comedy called Burn Off.

Well he has that animated flick, El Superbeasto, coming out soon so I'll be checking that one out.

He was also attached to write and direct the third Crow but they didn't go for his ideas.

[JamesG]

Horror Nights '09: Rob Zombie on The Blob
Monday, October 5, 2009
By: MrDisgusting

We've got more interviews from the opening night of Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights, which is now ongoing through the end of the month.

Beyond the break you'll find our exclusive chat with Rob Zombie from the red carpet of the Chiller Eyegore Awards where he talks about The Blob remake.


We were lucky enough to catch Rob Zombie for a few minutes on the red carpet before he headed in to accept an award. We asked him about his progress writing the latest BLOB remake, which he was announced to write and direct last month.

“I’m about halfway [done],” he tells Bloody Disgusting adding that he really doesn’t know what the Blob will look like just yet.

“I’m still working on it, so I cant really say… I was thinking, you know, it wasn’t going to be a big red globby thing. I don’t know what it IS going to be, it’s more like I know what I DON’T want it to be.”


He also confirms that he’d like to once again work with DP Brandon Trost, who did the cinematography for HALOWEEN II.

“Yeah, I loved Brandon, he’s great.”


Although, it’s so early that it’s impossible to know if he’ll be involved or not.

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17593

[JamesG]

Rob Zombie on The Blob Remake
Monday, February 21, 2011
By: MrDisgusting


Rob Zombie has backed out of directing The Blob:

"I didn't want to do another remake," he tells Empire.

"You just can't win. If it's too similar to the original, everybody wonders what the point was, but if it's too different, everybody complains that it's... too different!

I found especially with 'Halloween II' that everyone talked about what it wasn't and not what it was: 'you can't do that with Michael Myers; you can't do that with Loomis...' It's like people have a set of rules in their minds about how these things should function, and you can't work like that."

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/23541

[comedyfreak]

Originally Posted by JamesG

Rob Zombie on The Blob Remake
Monday, February 21, 2011
By: MrDisgusting


It's like people have a set of rules in their minds about how these things should function, and you can't work like that.[/I]"

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/23541

Then he should stop, it's the people who are paying to see these crappy remakes anyway. I for one want something new if not don't bother.

[Torgo]

I'm a huge fan of the original 50's version, but I also love the 80's remake.

I'm definitely not against remakes, I loved Piranha 3D, I enjoyed the remake of I Spit On Your Grave, Last House On The Left(and Craven's version was a modern update of The Virgin Spring), Dawn of the Dead '04, My Bloody Valentine 3D. Let Me In is probably one of the best American remakes of a foreign film.

John Carpenter's The Thing is a classic, as is David Cronenberg's The Fly. The 1978 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is excellent. Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13 is a fantastic modern day update of Rio Bravo. Scareface with Al Pacino is a great remake.

Yes there are bad remakes, but there's also bad "original" films, and most original films aren't all that original and borrow heavily from previous movies.

[snowcreature23]

Here r some remakes coming up in the near future.... An American Werewolf in London

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No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a couple American tourists, who are attacked by a local werewolf in a small English town, where one of them survives only to become a werewolf who runs amok in the...
Angel Heart

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N/A

Follows the exploits of Harry Angel, a New York detective hired by a mysterious client to track down a once-popular performer indebted to him. While pursuing this seemingly routine investigation, Harry encounters dark and...
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

In Development

English

Kent Nichols

No official plot yet, but the original film revolved around a group of strange individuals put in charge of saving the world from mutated killer tomatoes.
Battle Royale

Development Hell

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original was set in Japan, where violence among the youth have sky-rocketed, leaving the government to create a program dubbed "Battle Royale", in which a class of 40-something jr....
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

In Development

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original film and television series followed a teenage girl, who learns that she is her generation's destined slayer of vampires.
Child's Play

Limbo

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Don Mancini

No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a killer who transferred his soul into a doll, which comes to life and attempts to take over the body of a young boy.
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things

In Development

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original film told the story of a group of young people in a remote-island graveyard with plans to hold a ritual to wake the dead.
Cineplex

In Development

English

N/A

Follows two girls who, while watching a scary movie, find themselves in a horror film of their own when their life starts to mirror the pic's plot.
Deadly Friend

In Talks

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N/A

No official plot yet, but the original focused on a group of young friends that implant a robot's AI into the brain of their female friend and face the violent consequences of their actions, as the girl goes on a bloody...
Death Note

In Development

English

Shane Black

Story centers on a college student who accidentally finds a misplaced "death note," infusing him with the power to kill merely by writing anyone's name on the page while picturing the person in his mind.
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Awaiting Release

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Troy Nixey

A young girl moves into a home with her father and his new girlfriend, where she she unwittingly unleashes malevolent little nocturnal creatures bent on destroying all of them.
Firestarter

In Development

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original revolved around a young girl with the ability to control fire simply with her mind.
Frankenstein

In Talks

English

Guillermo del Toro

No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a mad scientist named Dr. Frankenstein, whose obsession to reanimate the dead using various body parts brings forth a being that's forced to live with the fact...
Fright Night

Post-Production

English

Craig Gillespie

Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all going on: he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the most coveted girl in his high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend. But...
Godzilla

In Development

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Gareth Edwards

No official plot yet.
Hell Night

In Talks

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a group of college pledges who are forced to stay the night at a supposedly haunted mansion, where they encounter a deformed killer who picks them off one by one.
Hellraiser

In Development

English

Patrick Lussier

No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a mysterious puzzle box that's the key to unleashing sadistic demons to the real world.
I Saw What You Did

In Development

English

Patrick Lussier

The original was about two teenage girls who make a series of prank phone calls to strangers, whispering "I saw what you did, and I know who you are." In the film, the fun stops when they randomly ring a man who...
Infection

Development Hell

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original followed the problematic staff at a rundown and isolated hospital, where a mysterious infection among the patients is revealed to have a supernatural origin.
It

In Development

English

N/A

Follows a group of kids called the "Losers Club" that encounter a creature called It, which preys on children and whose favorite form is that of a sadistic clown called Pennywise. When the creature resurfaces, the...
Kingdom of the Spiders

In Development

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original focused on a small town overrun by deadly spiders.
Martyrs

In Development

English

Daniel Stamm

No official plot yet, but the original revolved around a woman and her childhood friend, who seek revenge on those that victimized and abused them.
Maximum Overdrive

In Talks

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original followed a group of people hold up in a truck stop, as machines throughout the world come alive and turn against their human creators.
Motel Hell

Development Hell

English

N/A

The original followed a farmer who would kidnap and bury unsuspecting travelers up to their necks in his garden and keep them alive until they're ready to be picked and made into his famous beef jerky.
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Mother's Day

Awaiting Release

English

Darren Lynn Bousman

After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers head for home, hoping their MOTHER (Rebecca De Mornay) can provide them with a getaway. The youngest brother, JOHNNY (Matt O'Leary), has been shot and their back-stabbing...
Mute Witness

In Development

English

Antonio Negret

No official plot yet, but the original revolved around a mute makeup artist, who witnesses a gruesome murder while working on a slasher flick in Russia and tries to stay alive long enough to notify the police.
Near Dark

On Hold

English

Samuel Bayer

The original told the story of a traveling family of vampires, who reluctantly bring a young new member into their group. We follow the family as they cause trouble in various towns and ultimately getting the law to catch up...
Pet Sematary

In Development

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a family that moves to a small Maine town with a pet cemetery and an Indian burial ground that's said to resurrect anyone who's buried in it.
Phone

Pre-Production

English

Byung-ki Ahn

The original was about a reporter, who changes her phone number after getting threats, but by doing so it causes mysterious supernatural occurrences, and leads her to investigate the previous owners of the number.
Poltergeist

In Development

English

Vadim Perelman

No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a suburban home built over an Indian burial ground, which resulted in a very pissed off spirit.
Race With the Devil

Development Hell

English

Chris Moore

No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a group of vacationers as they stumble across a cult of satanist. Once they report them to the authorities all the evidence vanishes and the vacationers are forced to...
Rosmary's Baby

Development Hell

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a young couple, who move into a New York apartment, where the woman becomes mysteriously pregnant, and soon discovers that her neighbors are a part of a coven of...
Scanners

In Development

English

N/A

The original film was about a guy with extraordinary psychic abilities, who hunts down a group of "scanners" with similar abilities that want to take over the world.
Suspiria

Pre-Production

English

David Gordon Green

The original was about a young woman who attends a ballet school only to discover that it's actually a coven for witches.
The Bad Seed

Development Hell

English

Eli Roth

No official plot yet, but the original was about a seemingly perfect daughter, who turns to killing.
The Birds

In Development

English

Dennis Iliadis

No official plot yet, but the original told of a town riddled with birds which attack anyone in sight.
The Blob

In Development

English

Rob Zombie

The original film told the story of an object from space that crashes into a field and releases a red blob-like substance onto the land that absorbs and grows with anything it comes in contact with.
The Brood

In Development

English

Breck Eisner

Follows a woman who telepathically communicates with her group of mutant children, instructing them to act out violently.
The Changeling

Development Hell

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original was about a man, who tries to solve the mystery behind the mysterious happenings in his new home.
The Creature From the Black Lagoon

In Development

English

Carl Rinsch

A scientific expedition discovers a prehistoric amphibious creature.
The Entity

In Development

English

Hideo Nakata

No official plot yet, but the original followed a woman whose life crumbles when she believes she is being repeatedly molested and raped by an unseen paranormal force. Terrified, she turns to a parapsychologist to...
The Evil Dead

In Development

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original followed a group of friends as they vacationed at a small remote cabin, where they are forced to fend off against each other after they're possessed by evil spirits from within the...
The Fly

In Development

English

David Cronenberg

The original centered on an eccentric scientist who, after an experiment with teleportation goes awry, is transformed into a fly.
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The Gate

Pre-Production

English

Alex Winter

When best friends Miles and Terry discover a mysterious crystalline rock in Miles's back yard, they quickly dig up the lawn in search of more. Instead, they unearth the Gate—the opening to an underground chamber...
The Host

In Development

English

Fredrik Bond

The story follows a town terrorized by a giant mutant squid-like creature hatched by toxins that flow into a nearby river from a military base. When the creature grabs a little girl, her dysfunctional family must band...
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The Howling: Reborn

Post-Production

English

Joe Nimziki

On the eve of his high school graduation, unremarkable Will Kidman finally bonds with the girl he has long yearned for, reclusive Eliana Wynter. But he also discovers a dark secret from his past... that he is about to become...
The Monster Squad

In Development

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original film told the story of a group of young horror fans who find themselves facing against icons like Dracula and the Wolfman in real life.
The Orphanage

In Development

English

Mark Pellington

A remake of the Spanish film, which told the story of a woman who returns to the orphanage she grew up in, and creepiness ensues.
The Silent House

Awaiting Release

English

Chris Kentis, Laura Lau

Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family’s longtime summerhouse after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the...
The Substitute

In Development

English

Scott Derrickson

Revolves around a terrified sixth-grade class as the students race to reveal to their parents that their new substitute teacher is an evil alien being.
The Swarm

In Development

In Development

Ash Bolland

In trying to prevent a killer bee attack, a scientist looks for a better solution to the problem than the one the U.S. military has engaged.
The Toxic Avenger

In Development

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original told the story of a wimpy towel boy, who transforms into a powerful superhero after getting dumped into a vat of toxic waste.
The Witches

In Development

English

Guillermo del Toro

The original followed a young boy who discovers a gathering of witches in a seaside resort.
The Woman in Black

Post-Production

English

James Watkins

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic...
They Live

In Talks

English

N/A

In the original film we followed a homeless construction worker, who stumbles upon a pair of glasses that enables him to see aliens among us and discovers their plot to take over humanity. This unlikely hero attempts to stop...
Two Eyes Staring

In Development

English

N/A

No official plot yet, but the original tells the story of a nine-year-old girl, who discovers that her sinister friend is the ghost of her mother's dead twin.
Versus

In Talks

English

Ryuhei Kitamura

No official plot yet, but the original story told of a group of reincarnated fighters who meet at a mystical forest which resurrects the dead and houses a gateway to another realm.
Zero Dark Thirty

In Development

English

Paul Solet

The film revolves around a U.S. Army solider named Andy Woodward, who returns home from Afghanistan -- weeks after his own funeral. His family and friends are further stunned once they realize all signs of the old Andy are..