Announced a few years back, James Wan is producing an Arachnophobia remake for Amblin, and THR now reports that Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) will direct!
In fact, Landon is on board to write AND direct the eight legged horror movie.
“A horror comedy, Arachnophobia centered on a small town terrorized by a colony of deadly South American spiders accidentally brought into the U.S. Jeff Daniels starred as a doctor who moves his family from the big city for the calm bucolic small-town life with John Goodman playing a know-it-all exterminator. Julian Sands and Harley Jane Kozak were also in the cast.”
James Wan and Michael Clear will produce for Atomic Monster.
Frank Marshall, who directed the 1990 version of Arachnophobia, will executive produce.
Landon also wrote the second, third, fourth and seventh installments of the Paranormal Activity franchise, along with writing and directing Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones.
Ahead of the remake, you can revisit the original Arachnophobia trailer below.
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