Horror Monsters and Creatures Are Lurking

[Tom]

48 Meters Down
48 Meters Down takes place in the backpacking mecca of Brazil, against the backdrop of the country’s vibrant culture, party atmosphere and beautiful beaches. A group of five girls from different backgrounds and countries are united by their lust for life and adventure in the coastal metropolis of Recife. Looking to get off the well-worn tourist trail, they hear about a hidden underwater ruin from a local guide and seize the opportunity to discover their own Atlantis beneath the turquoise waves. Unbeknownst to them, the caves where the forgotten city lies are not completely uninhabited, and as they swim deeper into the submerged labyrinth of caves they enter the territory of the deadliest shark species in the ocean.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Sequels

RELEASE DATE
June 28, 2019
CURRENT STATUS
In Development
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
The Fyzz Facility
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Johannes Roberts
WRITTEN BY
Johannes Roberts
Ernest Riera
STARRING
N/A

 

[Tom]

All the Creatures Were Stirring
No official plot yet, but is said to be "set on a Christmas Eve marked by encounters with monsters and misfortunes."

CATEGORY
Creatures | Comedy

RELEASE DATE
Christmas 2016
CURRENT STATUS
In Production
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
FallBack Plan Productions
Evil Squared
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Rebekah McKendry
David Ian McKendry
WRITTEN BY
Rebekah McKendry
David Ian McKendry
STARRING
Constance Wu
Jonathan Kite
Amanda Fuller
Brea Grant
Graham Skipper
Stephanie Drake

 

[Tom]

Annihilation
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Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide; the third expedition in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, we join the twelfth expedition.

The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers―they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that surpass understanding ― but it's the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Fantasy

RELEASE DATE
February 23, 2018
CURRENT STATUS
Post-Production
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
DNA Films
Paramount Pictures
Scott Rudin Productions
Skydance Media
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Alex Garland
WRITTEN BY
Alex Garland
Jeff VanderMeer (novel)
STARRING
Natalie Portman
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Gina Rodriguez
Tessa Thompson
Tuva Novotny
Oscar Isaac

 

[Tom]

At the Mountains of Madness
Based on a tale by H.P. Lovecraft, the film would detail a gruesome discovery made during the 1930's by a scientific expedition to the South Pole, which hints at the true origin of mankind having come from elder gods from another planet. They soon realize that during this discovery they may have also accidentally awakened prehistoric creatures...

CATEGORY
Creatures

RELEASE DATE
N/A
CURRENT STATUS
Development Hell
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Universal Pictures
James Cameron
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Guillermo del Toro
WRITTEN BY
Guillermo del Toro
Matthew Robbins
STARRING
N/A

 

[Tom]

Bait 2
It's just another perfect day in the City of Angels. That is, until a three mile long, 100-foot tsunami completely obliterates Los Angeles, not only destroying it, but effectively wiping it from the map. However, for five students in a private school, on detention and missing out on a class trip, they turn out to be the lucky ones...or are they?

Because before the day is through they will have to battle a tidal wave, the elements, each other, aftershocks, and worst of all, a 15-foot Great White Shark that has decided to make the school they are trapped in its new hunting ground. With the water constantly rising, fraying tempers, nowhere for them to go, and one of nature's perfect sea creatures actively pursuing them, they are about to be taught a lesson in survival.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Sequels

RELEASE DATE
2013
CURRENT STATUS
In Development
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Screen Australia
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
DIRECTED BY
N/A
WRITTEN BY
N/A
STARRING
N/A

 

[Tom]

Beautiful People


A medical scientist and his family are having dinner together in their isolated villa in the hills. But just as they’re getting comfortable, the family is assaulted by three violent, masked thugs who donʼt want money or goods, they just want to humiliate and annihilate their prey both mentally and physically. The men are looking for social redemption, playing a game of cat and mouse, which will lead to the certain death of the hostages.

The father’s only possibility to save his family is to free the results of his laboratory experiments from their cages – monstrous creatures, hungry for living flesh. The beasts force both the hunters and their prey to run for their lives. The new and dangerous enemy will force the family and their attackers to adapt to a new shift in power. In order to survive they will ultimately have to change their perceptions about what is good and what is evil.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Zombies http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/tags/movie-tags/werewolves

RELEASE DATE
2015/2016
CURRENT STATUS
Awaiting Release
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Doghouse Picture
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
Facebook
DIRECTED BY
Brini Amerigo
WRITTEN BY
Andrea Cavaletto
STARRING
Danny Cutler
Alex Lucchesi
Alex Southern
Kate Marie Davies

PROJECT DETAILS

• There's currently no US distribution.
• Brini Amerigo's directorial debut.
• This is an English-language Italian film.

GALLERY

 

[Tom]

Boar

In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any have seen before. Believed nothing more than a myth, a legend brought to life by a drunken local, the beast ventures closer to civilization, closer to life, and ultimately, closer to death. It’s brutal, it’s bloodthirsty, it’s boar.

CATEGORY
Creatures

RELEASE DATE
2017/2018
CURRENT STATUS
Awaiting Release
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Slaughter FX
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
Facebook
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Chris Sun
WRITTEN BY
Chris Sun
Kristy Dallas
STARRING
Griffin Walsh
Christie Lee Britten
Nathan Jones
John Jarratt
Roger ward
Melissa Tkautz
Hugh Sheridan
Simone Buchanan
Bill Moseley
Steve Bisley
Ernie Dingo

PROJECT DETAILS

• There's currently no US distribution.
• John Jarratt (Wolf Creek) plays a character named "Lozza."
• Nathan Jones (Charlie's Farm, Mad Max: Fury Road) plays a character named "Bernie."
• Directed by Chris Sun (Charlie's Farm).
• This is an Australian horror movie.

 

[Tom]

C.U.J.O.

No official plot yet.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Remakes

RELEASE DATE
2016
CURRENT STATUS
Pre-Production
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Sunn Classic Pictures
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Lang Elliott
WRITTEN BY
Stephen King (novel)
STARRING
DJ Perry

PROJECT DETAILS

• The script is reportedly already finished (by an unknown writer) with production estimated to begin sometime soon. Aside from that nothing else is known about the project. (7/7/15)
• The acronymed title C.U.J.O. supposedly stands for "Canine Unit Joint Operations".
• The producer of the original, Lang Elliott, returns to produce and will direct.
• This project was originally announced in 2013.
• This is a remake of the 1983 film Cujo, which was based on a Stephen King novel.

 

[Tom]

Cold Ground

1976: Two young journalists leave for the French-Swiss border to investigate a strange case of cattle mutilations and record testimonies for a TV channel. Yet, once they get there, the scientific team they were supposed to meet has gone missing. Escorted by a first-aider, a British biologist and an American forensic investigator, Melissa and David go looking for the missing team deep into the mountains; but their rescue mission soon turns into a fight for survival as they get caught in an avalanche. Lost in the wild and petrified by the cold, the team experiences the ruthlessness of the mountains. They realize that blizzards, frostbite and cliffs are not that bad once they find out that they are not alone in this snowy forest.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Foreign Films

RELEASE DATE
2017/2018
CURRENT STATUS
Awaiting Release
LANGUAGE
English / French
PRODUCED BY
Fright House Pictures
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
Official Site
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Fabien Delage
WRITTEN BY
Fabien Delage
STARRING
Gala Besson
Doug Rane
Fabrice Pierre
Phillip Schurer
Maura Tillay
Geoffrey Blandin

PROJECT DETAILS

• Wild Eye Releasing distributes in the US.
• This project had an Indiegogo campaign in 2014, though it didn't meet its goal.
• This is a French found footage movie that's described as "The Blair Witch Project meets The Descent."

 

[Tom]

Cold Patrol
Follows an elite military dog sled team uncovering a plot to release a dangerous new organism--while fending off zombie polar bears.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Zombies

RELEASE DATE
2014
CURRENT STATUS
Development Hell
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Resolution Independent
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Nikolai Pigarev
WRITTEN BY
Christopher Webster
STARRING
N/A

PROJECT DETAILS

• Unless this project has undergone a title change, it seems to have been dropped, as there hasn't been any updates for over three years and the filmmakers associated with it don't seem to be working on it anymore. (7/11/15)
• Filming was originally aimed to begin sometime in the Spring of 2013 in the Baltic portion of the Arctic Circle.
• It's said that filming will take place in Baltic towns that were set up by the Soviet government for mining and military uses before being abandoned in the 1990s.
• Director Nikolai Pigarev recently helmed the Russian zombie film Winter of the Dead.
• The budget is estimated to be between the $6-million to $8-million range.

 

[Tom]

Cold Skin

On the edge of the Antarctic Circle, a ship approaches a desolate island far from all shipping lanes. On board is a young man, on his way to assume the post of weather observer, to live in solitude at the end of the earth. But on shore he finds no trace of the man whom he has been sent to replace, just a deranged castaway who has witnessed a horror he refuses to name. Then the night falls, and the young man will soon realize that with each night comes an army of humanoid killer amphibians...

CATEGORY
Creatures

RELEASE DATE
2017/2018
CURRENT STATUS
Awaiting Release
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Kinology
Kanzaman France
Babieka Films
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
Facebook
Official Site
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Xavier Gens
WRITTEN BY
Jesús Olmo
STARRING
Ray Stevenson
David Oakes
Aura Garrido

PROJECT DETAILS

• There's currently no US distribution.
• Filmed in mainland Spain and the Canary Islands.
• Filming was originally scheduled for March 2010 in Iceland.
• Director David Slade (30 Days of Night) was originally set to direct before getting replaced by French helmer Xavier Gens (Frontiere(s)).
• Described as an "Antarctic island horror/psychological thriller."
• Scripted by Jesus Olmo (28 Weeks Later).
• Based on the best-selling Spanish novel with the same name by Albert Sanchez Pinol.

 

[Tom]

Darkchylde

Based on the comic, which follows a good hearted southern teen girl whose cursed to become the creatures from her many recurring nightmares. Each time Ariel Chylde transforms, she sheds her skin and a new nightmare emerges from her Id to act out her deepest, darkest impulses.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Fantasy

RELEASE DATE
N/A
CURRENT STATUS
In Development
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Storm King Productions
Darkchylde Ent.
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
DIRECTED BY
John Carpenter
WRITTEN BY
Randy Queen (comic)
STARRING
N/A

PROJECT DETAILS

• In the early stages of development.
• The effects will be handled by Richard Taylor of WETA Workshop (King Kong, District 9).
• Based on the comic book by Randy Queen.

 

[Tom]

Dead Ant

When the "one-hit-wonder" glam-metal band "Sonic Grave" embark on a trip to coachella in hopes of a comeback, their peyote trip pit stop in Joshua Tree incites an "unworldly" viscous attack, and they must "rock" themselves out of harms way.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Comedy

RELEASE DATE
2017/2018
CURRENT STATUS
Awaiting Release
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
August Heart Entertainment
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Ron Carlson
WRITTEN BY
Ron Carlson
STARRING
Tom Arnold
Sean Astin
Jake Busey
Ryhs Coiro
Leisha Hailey
Cameron Richardson
Danny Woodburn

PROJECT DETAILS

• Will have it's world premiere at Screamfest LA. (9/26/17)
• There's currently no US distribution.
• Filmed in Santa Clarita, California.

 

[Tom]

Dead Space
Set in the 26th century in deep space, where an engineer who responds to a distress signal from a mining ship finds the vessel infested with monstrous creatures called Necromorphs. The creatures are human corpses, reanimated by an alien virus.

CATEGORY
Creatures

RELEASE DATE
N/A
CURRENT STATUS
In Development
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Electronic Arts
Temple Hill
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
DIRECTED BY
D.J. Caruso
WRITTEN BY
N/A
STARRING
N/A

PROJECT DETAILS

• Director D.J. Caruso revealed recently that there's a storyline they have in mind and it's a "prequel of sorts" to the first game. He and the studio are currently still taking pitches from writers.
• EA and D.J. Caruso are currently talking to a number of potential screenwriters, and once they set a writer and EA signs off on a creative direction, they will auction the property to studios. It's said that it will likely happen in early September.
• Director D.J. Caruso also worked on Disturbia and Eagle Eye.
• The game is the first in a trilogy.
• It's said that the creators of the game were inspired by the 1997 film Event Horizon.
• Based on the hit game with the same name from Electronic Arts.

Would be cool to see a live action film of Dead Space Downfall

 

[Tom]

Deep Blue Sea 2

No official plot yet, but it's said to be about "Dr Klaus Van Etten, who experimenting on bull sharks, much to the chagrin of Misty and her team of marine experts. The sharks get out, of course, and all hell breaks loose."

CATEGORY
Creatures | Sequels

RELEASE DATE
2018 (SyFy)
CURRENT STATUS
Post-Production
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
SyFy
MPAA RATING
R "creature violence and gore, and for language."
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Darin Scott
WRITTEN BY
Erik Patterson
Hans Rodionoff
Jessica Scott
STARRING
Michael Beach
Danielle Savre
Rob Mayes
Darron Meyer
Nathan Lynn
Kim Syster

PROJECT DETAILS

• Will premiere on the SyFy Channel.
• Filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Danielle Savre plays "shark conservationist Dr. Misty Calhoun."
• Rob Mayes plays a "highly decorated ex-Navy SEAL Trent Slater."
• Michael Beach plays "Carl Durant, a billionaire with questionable ethics."
• One of the producers was quoted saying: "We are a true sequel. We wanted to keep to the spirit of Deep Blue Sea and why people love it. The research that was used on the sharks in Deep Blue Sea 2 comes from the mythology and story line of the first movie. We have given the lead shark a personality and hope the fans will embrace that as it really helps the story telling and the narrative in a way that first one didn’t. Deep Blue Sea 2 has a slightly slower build but once the rubber band snaps things go boom really quickly!"
• Directed by Darin Scott (Dark House, House Party: Tonight's the Night).
• Since this is a much smaller budget than the first movie, don't expect any of the original key cast to return.
• Jack Perez revealed his idea for a sequel in an interview, which would've happened had the studio not pulled the plug on it. He was quoted saying: "The script is about this scientific research ship that is seized by Somali pirates, and a team of Navy SEALs have to go in and take them out. The whole ship is basically a gigantic floating laboratory, with a maze of tunnels that the sharks can travel through that open up into tanks.” Into this seabound shark Habitrail go Sgt. Nate Pickett, NSA geneticist/marine biologist Dr. Alexandra Cruz and Pickett’s multiculti team of bad-ass soldiers. “My thinking was that this was Sgt. Rock vs. sharks, so I developed this platoon kind of based on my favorite Sgt. Rock characters. To a certain degree, it was similar to what they did in Predator; there were definitely echoes of that sort of motley group." Apparently the sharks would have been modified to incorporate machine guns, torpedoes and other weapons. (3/31/17)
• A sequel has been rumored to be in development since the early 2000's, but it wasn't until 2009 that things started to really move when Warner Bros. hired Jack Perez (Wild Things 2, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus) to write and direct, but that never came to fruition.
• This is a sequel to the 1999 movie from director Renny Harlin, which starred names like Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson.

 

[Tom]

Feral

A wild animal attacks six medical students on a weekend hike in the woods. One by one, they become infected with a "feral disease", turning them into rabid, bloodthirsty creatures, and the vacation becomes a nightmare as they fight to survive each other.

CATEGORY
Creatures

RELEASE DATE
2017/2018
CURRENT STATUS
Awaiting Release
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Halcyon Films
Rough Cut Films
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
Official Site
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Mark Young
WRITTEN BY
Mark Young
Adam Frazier
STARRING
Scout Taylor-Compton
Olivia Luccardi
Lew Temple
Renee Olstead
Brock Kelly
Landry Allbright
George Finn

PROJECT DETAILS

• Filmed in LA.
• Directed by Mark Young (Tooth and Nail).

 

[Tom]

Freakshift
Revolves around a band of misfits who hunt down and kill nocturnal underground monsters.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Fantasy

RELEASE DATE
2018
CURRENT STATUS
Pre-Production
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Rook Films
Riverstone Pictures
Film4
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Ben Wheatley
WRITTEN BY
Amy Jump
Ben Wheatley
STARRING
Alicia Vikander
Armie Hammer

PROJECT DETAILS

• Director Ben Wheatley had a recent interview where he described the film, saying: "It’s monsters, shotguns, trucks, fighting at night, and it’s in the future, things coming out like crabs. Stuff with claws. That’s the elevator pitch. And August is when we shoot it… It will be dynamic and exciting the same way that ‘Free Fire’ is. But it won’t be sadistic. But it will be fun. It’s a kind of a 50s B-Movie done through the prism of ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘Doom’."(4/21/17)
• Filming is hoped to begin sometime in August 2017. (3/16/17)
• Armie Hammer (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) plays the love interest of Alicia Vikander's character.
• Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, Tomb Raider) is in talks to be the lead female protagonist.
• Directed by Ben Wheatley (Sightseer, Kill List, High-Rise).

 

[Tom]

Gremlins 3
No official plot yet.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Sequels

RELEASE DATE
N/A
CURRENT STATUS
In Development
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Warner Bros. Pictures
Christopher Columbus
Steven Spielberg
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
REVIEWG
N/A
DIRECTED BY
N/A
WRITTEN BY
Chris Columbus
Carl Ellsworth (early draft)
STARRING
N/A

PROJECT DETAILS

• Not much of an update, but Joe Dante had a recent interview where he revealed what may be the holdup in the sequel moving forward, saying: "I probably have less information to give you than anybody because I am not involved with it, I don’t control the material, it’s reverted back to Chris Columbus who wrote the script for the first movie. They have plans to do something but what Chris wants to do may not be what Warner wants to do and it’s not just Warner it’s also a lot of other people like Amblin and Steven Spielberg – everyone has to agree on what they want to do and at this point nobody is going to figure that out." Adding.. "I think the reuniting of the cast is highly unlikely. Perhaps a Gremlins prequel might be something they will do but I don’t know as I was not asked to be involved." (9/27/17)
• Writer/producer Chris Columbus revealed that he has completed the script in a recent interview. Here's what he had to say: "I’m really proud of the script. It is as twisted and dark as anything, so we’ll see. It’s always a budgetary conversation when we’re going to shoot it. I wanted to go back to the really twisted sensibility of the first movie. I found that was a very easy place for me to fall back into and start writing again so hopefully we’ll see that movie soon." He also adds that there will be minimal CGI, saying: "Oh, without a doubt, minimal CGI. CGI will enable us to remove wires and make the puppeteers lives a little easier." Apparently the movie brings up the idea of killing Gizmo since he poses a threat if someone doesn't follow the rules: "That comes up in the movie, certainly… I think it probably is a good idea to be honest with you. Too many people are dying." (8/20/17)
• The writer of the original, Christopher Columbus, produces and is working on the latest draft on the script.
• Apparently the project is back on track and is officially going to be a remake instead of a sequel, as the studio has hired Carl Ellsworth (Disturbia, The Last House on the Left, Red Dawn, Goosebumps) to script. At the moment it's too early to tell who will be directing. (4/8/15)
• It looks like talks of sequel/remake have died over time. It was revealed a couple years back that Seth Grahame-Smith and producing partner David Katzenberg were supposedly developing a remake, but that's no longer the case. Here's what Seth Grahame-Smith had to say in a recent interview: "It was a completely different cast of characters, but acknowledging the events of the first two movies…I think we just ran out of steam. It’s one of those things where everybody got busy doing other things. It’s something I would love to come back to, but right now Steven’s making two movies back to back and Chris Columbus is busy. We’re all taking a five-minute break on that." (1/16/15)
• Previous Gremlins director Joe Dante has expressed interest in returning to the films with the "right script."
• The studio reportedly once considered this to be in 3D.
• This project initially started out as a remake, but over time (and through different writers) is now said to be a sequel.

 

[Tom]

Grim Night
Every year during a single night, strange creatures known as "Grims" attack people from all over the globe and kills thousands. The story is said to center on a family in a small American town that gets attacked and has to defend themselves.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Supernatural

RELEASE DATE
N/A
CURRENT STATUS
In Development
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Universal Pictures
Unbroken Films
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Dennis Gansel
WRITTEN BY
Brandon Bestenheider
Allen Bey
STARRING
N/A

PROJECT DETAILS

• Director Dennis Gansel also helmed the 2010 German vampire film, We Are the Night.
• Produced by Unbroken Pictures, the shingle run by The Strangers director Bryan Bertino and his partner Adrienne Biddle.
• It's said that these creatures known as "Grims" are Grim Reapers that have come to take souls.
• A promotional trailer (link below) was made by the writers to help aid them in selling the script.
• Universal won a bidding war for spec-script written by Brandon Bestenheider and Allen Bey.

 

[Tom]

Here There Be Monsters
No official plot yet, but it's said to revolve around Revolutionary War Naval hero John Paul Jones -- except with sea monsters.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Fantasy

RELEASE DATE
N/A
CURRENT STATUS
Development Hell
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Legendary Pictures
MPAA RATING
N/A
OFFICIAL SITES
N/A
REVIEW
N/A
DIRECTED BY
Jaume Collet-Serra
WRITTEN BY
Brian Helgeland
STARRING
Bradley Cooper (in talks)

PROJECT DETAILS

• This is one of those projects that had a lot of big names attached to it at one point and seemed like it was really going to happen, but simply never did for one reason or another. (6/30/16)
• Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, Limitless) is in talks to star.
• Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax remake, Orphan, Unknown).
• Robert Zemeckis was originally going to direct, which would've marked his return to live-action film (last being Cast Away) after helming animated pictures such as The Polar Express, Beowulf, and A Christmas Carol.
• Writer Brian Helgeland also scripted films like Highway to Hell, L.A. Confidential, Mystic River and most recently, Robin Hood.
• John Paul Jones -- the character which the film is based -- was a real life naval fighter during the American Revolutionary War.
• It's said that this is "basically a retelling of the John Paul Jones story, but inserting a sea monster into the mix."
• Based on an concept by Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull.