Oct 8, 2008 by Courtney O.

Overture Films to Remake The Crazies

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.

The Crazies was released February 26th, 2010 and stars Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, Christie Lynn Smith, Brett Rickaby, Preston Bailey, John Aylward. The film is directed by Breck Eisner.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (11)

  1. SWAK1774

    Thank you, Vampire2000. There have been some remakes that were actually better than the originals.

    3 years agoby @swak1774Flag

  2. Vamp

    Oh get the f*ck over it. Remakes aren't really that big of a deal.

    3 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  3. Billy_The_Kid

    f*cking remakes are bitches

    3 years agoby @billy-the-kidFlag

  4. Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes

    GOD DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! F*CKING REMAKES

    3 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag

  5. RavenX5 God of Light

    the original is better,duh>_>

    3 years agoby @hackx9Flag

  6. Err

    sigh.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  7. Radimus-83

    this is a crazy idea!

    (HAHAHAHAHA,... oh boy, HAHAHAHA,.... damn, i'm gonna write that one down)

    3 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  8. Err

    i kind of thought of 'the signal' as a sort of contemporary version of the crazies, but we''l see what happens.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  9. The Kwisatz Haderach

    oh yeah totally agree err, the orginal was sweet!

    3 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  10. Psycho

    They really don't need a remake.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  11. Err

    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.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

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