Creepshowshowrunner andThe Walking DeadEP Greg Nicotero wants to rebootCreature from the Black Lagoonwith director Robert Rodriguez. Following the success of Leigh Whannell’s take onThe Invisible Man, Universal has put forth plans to reboot some of their other baddies from the classic Universal Monsters movies. That includes aWolf Manmovie with Ryan Gosling and aDraculareboot with a sci-fi twist.
At this time, there are currently no plans at Universal to bring the Gill-man back to the big screen, but it might just be a matter of time. If and when theCreature from the Black Lagoonreboot happens,Greg Nicoterowants to be involved as such a tremendous fan of the original movie. In fact, he’s already had discussions with Robert Rodriguez about the potential project, as revealed in a recent interview with ComicBook.com.
“I think for any creature, monster kid,Creature from the Black Lagoonis the quintessential monster movie. I thinkRobert Rodriguezand I always talk about like, ‘Hey, man. Maybe we should co-direct aCreature from the Black Lagoonmovie,’ because he and I have identical tastes. We loveJaws. We loveThe Thing. We loveEscape from New YorkandBlade Runner. We toy with the idea of like, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if we remadeCreature from the Black Lagoon?’ And I know they’ve been trying to do it forever, but, for me, that’s the quintessential Universal Monster movie.”
Nicotero also explains how the key tomaking a reboot workis having a respect for the original source material. That’s something that he says he observed with Frank Darabont developingThe Walking Deadfor television, noting Darabont’s respect for George A. Romero’s classic zombie movies. It’s something Nicotero has also applied with hisCreepshowreboot series on Shudder, as he has such high regard for the original movie from Romero and Stephen King. As Nicotero explains:
“All of these remakes and retellings and stuff, the one thing that they need to have is they need tohave respect and passion for the genre. It’s not just taking a title and putting your own spin on it because anybody can put whatever spin they want on it because everyone’s going to have a different approach, but you have to have respect for the original material, I feel like that, for me, is one of the things that really drives me, because I have respect for the storytelling that was done on the originalCreepshowand everything that George did, everything that [Stephen King] has done. So, to have the ability to approach a project like that with respect, I just feel is the key ingredient in the success of rebooting anything.”
Creature from the Black Lagoonwas released in 1954, starring Ricou Browning as the underwater creature often referred to as the Gill-man. The classic creature feature spawned two sequels,Revenge of the Creaturein 1955 andThe Creature Walks Among Usin 1956 with Browning reprising the role. There have been multiple false starts at Universal to develop a reboot in more recent years, but a newCreature from the Black Lagoonmovie has yet to make it back to theaters.
Season 2 of Greg Nicotero’sShudderseries will premiere on Shudder on April 1. This news comes to us fromComicBook.com.
