Eisner To Helm Creature
Breck Eisner is returning to the director's chair to helm Universal's remake of the classic SF movie Creature From the Black Lagoon, Variety reported. Gary Ross is producing via his Larger Than Life banner, the trade paper reported.
The son of former Disney chief Michael Eisner made his feature directorial debut on last spring's Sahara and also helmed a segment of SCI FI Channel's original miniseries Steven Spielberg Presents Taken.
Ross wrote the current Creature draft, a present-day update of the 1954 monster classic. He has a particular interest in the project because his father, Arthur A. Ross, wrote the screenplay for the original film.
The original movie introduced the Gill Man, who terrorized archaeologists exploring the Amazon. Plans for the update call for shooting in the U.S. as well as in a Central or South American location.
Universal is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.
