While, I’m sure, it’s a grand day at the Mike Mitchell household (Mitchell being the director of DEUCE BIGELOW: MALE GIGOLO and the upcoming SHREK FOREVER AFTER), this article is here more to clarify wandering Internet movie news gatherers who may come across a headline that swirls up their anger. Yes, Mitchell has signed on to direct MONSTER SQUAD. No, it is not a remake of the Fred Dekker classic from 1987.
The new MONSTER SQUAD, formerly titled NIGHTCRAWLERS, is having its official synopsis kept under tight wraps at Warner Brothers, but The Hollywood Reporter is calling it a high-concept, big-budget, supernatural fantasy.
A shoot date is being set for late Summer 2010.
While this article isn’t about a remake of Dekker’s MONSTER SQUAD, the rights to that film are still being held at Paramount. A little over a year ago, THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR director Rob Cohen was planning to produce. Word on that project has stifled since. However, the news of the film at WB getting pushed forward could put the fire under Paramount’s feet for the sake of the name alone.
