THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON Remake Has A New Director Now!!

Merrick here...
The revolving door of directors attached to Universal's CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON remake has come to a stop, for the moment at least. For a while SAHARA's Breck Esiner was attached to this, but he moved on to the forthcoming remake of George Romero's THE CRAZIES. So who's looking to resurrect that iguanic son-of-a-bitch now? Carl Rinsch.

As for "Black Lagoon," it wouldn't be the first time the sea-monster movie was brought back to life. Universal has tried several times over the past three decades, with everyone from John Landis to Peter Jackson contemplating a stab. (Jackson chose "King Kong" instead. Hey, you can't be right all the time.)

...says The L.A. Times HERE. We recently learned that Rinsch will also direct 47 RONIN, a Keanu Reeves Samurai tale (details HERE). Carl was, at one point, announced as director of the next ALIEN film - but his involvement with that project seems to have dissipated of late (word is Ridley Scott may take that one, although there've been indications to the contrary as well). You can find samples of Rinsch's most excellent commercial work HERE.

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