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Overture Films to Remake The Crazies

Source:  Variety
Overture Films has signed on to produce The Crazies, a remake of George Romero's 1973 horror.

According to Variety, Breck Eisner will direct from a script by Ray Wright and Scott Kosar. Michael Aguilar and Dean Georgaris will produce; Romero will serve as executive producer.

The Crazies revolves around people in a small Kansas town who are beset by a virus that causes insanity and death after a mysterious toxin contaminates the local water supply.

Project was previously set up at Rogue Pictures and Paramount. Overture CEO Chris McGurk and chief operating officer Danny Rosett felt it was a good fit for the company's expanding slate.

Production is set to begin early next year.


11 Comments


October 9th, 2008 10:12am
Thank you, Vampire2000. There have been some remakes that were actually better than the originals.
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October 8th, 2008 6:21pm
Oh get the fuck over it. Remakes aren't really that big of a deal.
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October 8th, 2008 4:04pm
fucking remakes are bitches
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October 8th, 2008 2:32pm
GOD DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING REMAKES
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October 8th, 2008 1:57pm
the original is better,duh>_>
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October 8th, 2008 11:15am
sigh.
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October 8th, 2008 10:36am
this is a crazy idea!

(HAHAHAHAHA,... oh boy, HAHAHAHA,.... damn, i'm gonna write that one down)
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October 8th, 2008 7:55am
i kind of thought of 'the signal' as a sort of contemporary version of the crazies, but we''l see what happens.
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October 8th, 2008 6:58am
oh yeah totally agree err, the orginal was sweet!
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October 8th, 2008 6:10am
They really don't need a remake.
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October 8th, 2008 5:20am
the crazies is a great movie.
i'm not against a remake, but it won't replace the original. the original had that 70's grindhouse/exploitation-style feel to it.
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