It was revealed last month that Simon West (Con Air) would be taking on the next big screen remake of The Blob, which he looks to get underway once the promotional tour for Wild Card is out of the way. He’s also got plans to take his version away from previous attempts.
“[It] takes a little more planning because we’ve got to design the creature,” he told Screen Relish. “It’s going to be much more sci-fi than the original. It’s a bigger scale type of movie. It’s more Alien meets Predator and designing the creature is a long and involved process cause its very sophisticated. It’s not going to be the goo pouring through windows. So, that’s taking a while to design and construct that.”
The Blob first hit screens back in 1958 and is notable for launching the career of Steve McQueen. It was remade in 1988 by Chuck Russell (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors) and Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption), which has become somewhat of a cult favourite. Rob Zombie (Halloween, The Devil’s Rejects) had been trying to get a remake off the ground for several years before it fell through.
There is no release date set for Simon West’s The Blob remake.
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Originally published March 10, 2015. Updated November 29, 2022.
