Creature From The Black Lagoon Remake News

Earlier this year Universal Pictures green lighted a remake of Creature From The Black Lagoon. A short while later Guillermo del Toro was confirmed as the director, giving hope for a quality remake.

Now Guillermo del Toro is officially out as the director of the Creature remake. That's unfortunate because del Toro has yet to create anything that stinks, spending as much time between projects writing and storyboarding until he feels it is ready.

The new director for Creature is Breck Eisner, who's biggest claim to fame so far (besides being the son of Michael Eisner) is directing the Matthew McConaughey film, Sahara. The script is by Gary Ross, who wrote and directed Seabiscuit and Pleasantville. If you want a very early review of Ross's script, including spoilers, you can find it here. Keep in mind any script this early is certain to have rewrites.

Creature is now in pre-production with a release date set for sometime in 2008. With the filming yet to start and a heavy slate of superhero movies due next summer, Fall 2008 is a likely prediction. The only casting news we've heard so far is Bill Paxton (Weird Science, Twister, Apollo 13) has signed on, rumored to be the male lead.

Enjoy the original trailer for Creature From The Black Lagoon below: