Rob Zombie is Remaking "The Blob"

**RebelMan** · 08-28-2009, 01:38 AM

Source:Variety
August 28, 2009

Rob Zombie, whose Halloween II opens today, will write, direct and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classic The Blob, which starred Steve McQueen.

In the original, an object from space crashes into a field, containing a red blob-like substance that absorbs the humans it contacts and grows exponentially.

"My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing -- that's the first thing I want to change," Zombie told the trade. "That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now."

Zombie will produce with Genre Co.'s Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten; original "Blob" producer Jack H. Harris; and Judith Parker Harris of Worldwide Entertainment Corp. and Andy Gould.

They are developing the project as an R-rated film that will cost around $30 million to make.

Production will begin next spring.

ratsoadm · 08-28-2009, 04:33 AM

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08-28-2009, 01:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
RebelMan AgEnT oF ChAoS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Web Posts: 12,595 My Profile	Rob Zombie is Remaking "The Blob" Source:Variety August 28, 2009 Rob Zombie, whose Halloween II opens today, will write, direct and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classic The Blob, which starred Steve McQueen. In the original, an object from space crashes into a field, containing a red blob-like substance that absorbs the humans it contacts and grows exponentially. "My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing -- that's the first thing I want to change," Zombie told the trade. "That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now." Zombie will produce with Genre Co.'s Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten; original "Blob" producer Jack H. Harris; and Judith Parker Harris of Worldwide Entertainment Corp. and Andy Gould. They are developing the project as an R-rated film that will cost around $30 million to make. Production will begin next spring. Last edited by RebelMan; 08-28-2009 at 01:38 AM..

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ratsoadm MusicSourcerer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Amerimexicanada Posts: 424 My Profile	GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD news! thanks..

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