Yesterday we reported that the long-gestating remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon had finally found a new director in Carl Erik Rinsch. But what happened to Breck Eisner, the guy who was originally supposed to direct it? Well, right now Eisner is currently finishing up his remake of George Romero’s The Crazies, but it appears that he may already have another horror remake lined up and ready to go right after that: David Cronenberg’s The Brood. He has also been developing a remake of Flash Gordon for a few years now. Sadly it seems you can carve out a pretty decent career nowadays just by focusing exclusively on remakes.

The Brood remake was first announced back in 2007, when Spyglass Entertainment picked up the rights. Although there are a ton of Cronenberg films in the process of being remade right now, this is one that arguably deserves an update more than others since not many people have seen it (myself included). The story revolves around a group of deformed children who carry out acts of violent revenge for their mother. But is Eisner a good choice to direct this? His only major feature film to date is the 2005 film Sahara, which doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. I suppose we’ll have to wait and see how The Crazies turns out before we decide if we should be excited or outraged.