Warner Bros. sets up 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' remake

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By Darian Scalamoni

            In what has been quite possibly the busiest week in the industry, we have tons of news, trailers and casting announcements so we’ll start with one that dropped just a couple of days ago. According to Collider, the classic sci-fi/horror movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is getting a remake at Warner Bros.

            The original 1978 movie is regarded as one of the best horror movies of all-time and follows a group of people who discover that the human race is being replaced by aliens who are clones. It starred Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright and Leonard Nimoy and is a classic of Hollywood. The studio has recruited David Leslie Johnson, who’s worked closely with the studio in the past, to write the script. He wrote Orphan, The Conjuring 2 and is working on the third installment for The Conjuring as well so he’s dealt with horrific territory before.

            I think this is a great time to remake this classic movie but I just hope the new take takes advantage of the unique storyline provided in the original. Johnson being attached to write is also a good get for Warner Bros. so now all we have to do is wait on cast and a director!