From Gaius Bolling

James Wan could be gearing up for his next directorial project. It has been announced that Wan is in early talks to potentially direct a remake of Creature From the Black Lagoon for Atomic Monster and Universal Pictures. This would be the first film Wan has directed since merging his Atomic Monster banner with Blumhouse Productions.

Word is that Wan is developing a grounded, modernized retelling that leans into visceral horror while paying respect to the original classic. Creature From the Black Lagoon has been a high priority for Universal Pictures since the studio revamped its monster movies strategy in 2019 to focusing on filmmaker-driven projects, much like Leigh Whannel's The Invisible Man reboot.

Released in 1954, Creature from the Black Lagoon is black-and-white 3D monster horror film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold, from a screenplay by Harry Essex and Arthur Ross and a story by Maurice Zimm. The film follows a group of scientists who encounter a piscine amphibious humanoid in the waters of the Amazon; the Creature, also known as the Gill-man, was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater.

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