Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay’s production company, Platinum Dunes, are set to produce a remake of the 1987 horror/comedy film The Monster Squad. Paramount announced its intention to remake the film through Platinum Dunes last Thursday, March 18th, with Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) as a possible director.
Cohen was one of the producers of the original film, written by Shane Black and director Fred Dekker, which has become a favorite among monster fans.
The 1987 original centers on a group of young kids who idolize classic monster movies. When they discover that Dracula is real – and seeking a powerful amulet that will allow him to conquer the world – they must do battle with Dracula’s monster hoarde (including a werewolf, the Mummy, the Gill Man, and Tom Noonan as a particularly sympathetic Frankenstein’s Monster) in order to save the world.
Black later on became the highest paid writer of the 1990’s with the Lethal Weapon film series, as well as cult favorite Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and the upcoming Doc Savage adaptation.
Michael Bay, and his partners Bran Fuller and Andrew Form, are currently meeting with writers to develop the story for a modern retelling.
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