The Tracking Board is reporting that Universal Pictures has tapped Jeff Pinker to pen a rewrite on Creature from the Black Lagoon, the studio’s planned remake of the 1954 horror classic.
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In addition to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Pinker’s previous credits include Alias, Lost and Fringe, where he also served as a showrunner. Pinker has recently bene part of Paramount’s Transformers writers room, and is also working on an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower.
As yet, there’s no word on a release date for Creature from the Black Lagoon, although Universal does have an as-yet-unrevealed Monster movie slated for April 27th, 2017.
