Just because there isn’t enough remake talk in the news lately, Radha Mitchell has joined Timothy Olyphant in Overture Films’ remake of George Romero’s ‘The Crazies’. Â For those uneducated about ‘The Crazies’, it’s the story of a biological weapon unleashed on a small, Pensylvania town that causes insanity in those affected.
Release in 1973, the original was basically Romero doing another zombie movie without really having to do a zombie movie. Â In my humble opinion, it is his best film outside of the ‘Living Dead’ films.
The remake is being directed by Breck Eisner (‘Sahara’) and is scheduled for a September 25th release.
Source: Shock Till You Drop