‘Arachnophobia’ Remake in the Works with James Wan Producing

[KingsOfKings]

Spiders will always remain creepy, so a remake of Arachnophobia is evergreen. Deadline reports that Amblin and James Wan’s Atomic Monster are the early stages of a remake of the 1990 horror-comedy. Per Deadline, Frank Marshall’s original starred Jeff Daniels and John Goodman; the plot followed “a few brave souls who try to track down the queen before the hybrid breed can take hold.”

There’s currently no writer or director attached, but Wan will be on board in a producing role. That being said, it will be interesting to see what kind of approach they take to the remake. Will they keep the horror-comedy vibe or will they go straight horror? Presumably, there will be a heavier reliance on CGI, but a swarm of spiders tends to be pretty scary whether they’re practical or digital.

As for Wan, he’s currently in post-production on Aquaman and he’s also producing the latest spinoff in The Conjuring universe The Nun, which opens September 7th.

What do you think about an Arachnophobia remake? Do you think it’s a good idea? Sound off in the comments section, and check out the trailer for the original Arachnophobia below via IMDb:

A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It’s up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks before they take over the entire town.

 

[General Mills]

Classic movie. Will never watch it again cause I can’t stand spiders


I hope they do the reboot justice

 

[Fillerguy]

It doesn't need one

 

[Silver Surfer]

If they use CGI it will be garbage

 

[AnonymityX1000]

I saw the original and barely remember it. This movie isn't good enough to be remade. Then again, maybe it can be done better. Whatever, not really interested.

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

The original was dope

 

[OmegaK2099]

Oh god no, i already cant stand the original, i dont think i can stand what they cook up with todays technology

 

[Cheercomp]

I begged to see this movie as a kid and what happened..... it gave me arachnophobia . Can't stand spiders to this day

 

[jdubnyce]

yes

 

[parallax]

Watch this shyt have a damn spider that can breed with and take aspects of other insects and shyt. Bringing the nightmare of flying spiders to life.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Just bought the original on blu Ray the other week. It still holds up

 

[Still FloW]

in Wan we trust

 

[MartyMcFly]

Great flick, used to watch it with my mom and it would scare the hell out of me. Still great as an adult. Let Wan, the baby GOAT, and Spielberg do their thing. I'm down

 

[Monoblock]

Love the OG and it still holds up to this day. Hope they don't OD on the CGI spiders and have a decent story but Hollywood is 0 for 100 when it comes to these remakes.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Love the OG and it still holds up to this day. Hope they don't OD on the CGI spiders and have a decent story but Hollywood is 0 for 100 when it comes to these remakes.

I wouldn't go that far breh. There are several very dope remakes we've gotten since the 80s. Possibly longer but the only two prior to the 80s that immediately jumps out to me are the wizard of oz and ben hur