Creature From the Black Lagoon

Though a director hasn't been officially named as of yet producer Marc Abraham dished a little bit recently on the long talked about remake of the classic flick The Creature from the Black Lagoon! In an interview with Bloody Disgusting Abraham dropped the following on fans:

Nomad has finished sifting through his hundreds of pictures from this year's Toy Fair and just updated his blog with the details about Diamond Select's two new lines of Universal Monsters: Universal Select and Universal Minimates, both of which are starting with figures from Creature from the Black Lagoon.

If you thought The Wolfman has had a troubled road to the big screen, brother, you ain't seen nothing. For better or worse at least the movie got made, which is something that we cannot say about The Creature from the Black Lagoon redux that we've been talking about for the past couple of years. It appears there could be a light at the end of the tunnel though ....

Ever wonder where the Creature from the Black Lagoon has been hiding out for the last 55 years? The answer: Santa Monica Blvd, from the looks of him.

Throughout history there have been tales, legends, what-have-you about beautiful women and their effect on creatures considered unworthy or dangerous or abominations. The “love of a good woman” scenario carried to an extreme as these women do indeed usually fall in love with their hideous “captors”.

Despite his assurances to the contrary during Nomad's Crazies set visit early last month, it now appears that Breck Eisner is indeed no longer involved with The Creature from the Black Lagoon remake for Universal Pictures and Strike Enter

What a wonderful world we live in! Kong is back at Universal Hollywood, I'm in the pages of Fangoria as a Zombie in Romero's new Dead flick, and now more information concerning The Creature from the Black Lagoon musical has come to light!

Nomad checked in from newfound horror hot spot Georgia with some interviews conducted on the set of The Crazies. Mind you, we can't talk about that film yet, but director Breck Eisner and stars Radha Mitchell and Danielle Panabaker did chime in on some other horror related subjects.

The Buz™ is back again this week with a new panel featuring my personal favorite Universal Monster. The Creature from the LOL Lagoon.

Of all the amazing collectibles that come out of the U.S. Toy Fair every year, Sideshow Collectibles is the one company that always seems to have the cream of the crop. This year is no exception; as you can see to your right, they’re finally coming out with a life-size Creature From the Black Lagoon bust later this year!

Some interesting news broke today regarding Universal's pending remake of the Fifties classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon. For months now we've been hearing (and dreading) the choice of Breck Eisner as director for the film, but in a recent interview it seems like we all may be in luck!

Year  Country Year: 2009 Country: USA  Run Time   MPAA Rating    Category  Color Category: Feature Color type: Color  Director Director: Breck Eisner  Writer(s) Writer: Gary Ross  Starring  Sub Genre Sub Genre: Remakes  Keywords Keywords: Monsters, Remakes, Universal, Amazon, Amphibian  Themes Themes: Monsters

Watch trailer Gallery Review It Rate It Plot Synopsis: Remake of the 1954 classic, in which a scientific expedition discovers a prehistoric amphibious creature. Reviews: Creature From the Black Lagoon (Remake Script) Interviews: News: Producer Talks Creature from the Black Lagoon Remake Toy Fair 2010: Diamond Select's Universal Monsters Creature From The Black Lagoon Remake Close to Getting Director? Event Report: Creature From The Black Lagoon: The Musical Premieres! Beauties and Their Beasts in the Horror Genre Breck Eisner Out of Creature Remake Ready to Rock with The Creature? Crazy Talk: Eisner, Panabaker, and Mitchell Talk Other Projects The Buz: Creature from the LOL Lagoon Toy Fair '09: Sideshow's Creature Bust! Gallery: