Black Lagoon Remake
Julie Adams and Ben Chapman
FilmFanZine.com, a Dutch Sci-Fi and Horror website, reports that Bill Paxton will star in a remake of the 1954 The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
A remake of 1954`s Creature From the Black Lagoon will star Bill Paxton. The Da Vinci Code - director Ron Howard will helm the project for Universal.
Howard has worked with Paxton earlier in his Apollo 13.
Howard said to CNN that he would like to do another space movie sometime, after the historial film Apollo 13, he would love to do something action/adventure driven. Howard has also directed films as A Beautiful Mind, Willow and Backdraft. Bill Paxton is known for films as Titanic, Aliens, The Terminator (all directed by his friend James Cameron), and Frailty (picture) which he also directed.
The Creature From Black Lagoon is about a scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River. They discover a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, but it breaks free. The Gill-Man returns to kidnap the lovely Kay, fiancée of one of the expedition, with whom it has fallen in love.
