With more and more movies finding themselves in legal limbo due to rights and ownership issues, producers behind a planned remake of the 1958 cult horror film, The Blob, are battling in court to try and retain the rights to the franchise.
The Blob remake was first discussed all the way back in 2009, when Rob Zombie, former musician and director of numerous horror movies, was connected to the project. Six years later he dropped out and was replaced by Simon West, with Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten down to produce and Jack H Harris, who produced the 1958 original, as executive producer. Now a whole 12 years on from the announcement that a new remake was in the works, it is this hiatus and Saperstein and Witten's request for more time to complete the movie that has led to the courtroom fight ensuing.
Saperstein and Witten, who between them have produced some memorable...
The Blob remake was first discussed all the way back in 2009, when Rob Zombie, former musician and director of numerous horror movies, was connected to the project. Six years later he dropped out and was replaced by Simon West, with Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten down to produce and Jack H Harris, who produced the 1958 original, as executive producer. Now a whole 12 years on from the announcement that a new remake was in the works, it is this hiatus and Saperstein and Witten's request for more time to complete the movie that has led to the courtroom fight ensuing.
Saperstein and Witten, who between them have produced some memorable...
- 6/1/2021
- by Anthony Lund
- MovieWeb
Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Stephen Chase, John Benson, Olin Howland | Written by Theodore Simonson, Kay Linaker | Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr
Alongside The Fly and The Thing, Chuck Russell’s remake of The Blob was the third in the Holy Trinity of 1980s cover versions of 1950s sci-fi horror. Like David Cronenberg’s and John Carpenter’s films, it improved upon the original work in virtually every way.
If you’re familiar with the Frank Darabont-scripted schlocker, you’ll be aware from the first note of the ridiculously jaunty “Beware of the Blob” theme song that we are dealing with a very different amorphous beast with this, the 1958 original.
I’m a sucker for movies set over a single night, as well as small town settings, and here we have both. It’s Pennsylvania, and Steve (Steve McQueen) is at a kissing spot with his...
Alongside The Fly and The Thing, Chuck Russell’s remake of The Blob was the third in the Holy Trinity of 1980s cover versions of 1950s sci-fi horror. Like David Cronenberg’s and John Carpenter’s films, it improved upon the original work in virtually every way.
If you’re familiar with the Frank Darabont-scripted schlocker, you’ll be aware from the first note of the ridiculously jaunty “Beware of the Blob” theme song that we are dealing with a very different amorphous beast with this, the 1958 original.
I’m a sucker for movies set over a single night, as well as small town settings, and here we have both. It’s Pennsylvania, and Steve (Steve McQueen) is at a kissing spot with his...
- 12/3/2018
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
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