Keith Levine of Phantom Four Productions has provided an update regarding the upcoming remake of The Blob.
Speaking with ComicBook.com, Levine teased of The Blob remake, “Well, I personally am very excited about – because another one of these ‘my parents are out movies’ that I’m watching at a young age is The Blob – which we’re doing at Warner Brothers, also with [Hellraiser director] David Bruckner … The Chuck Russell movie just, as a kid, it f—ed me up big time.”
He continued, “There’s this movie theater scene towards the end of it where these kids sneak out and they go to the movies and then they get killed by the blob … I think that was the first time I had seen kids my age die. I was watching all these horror movies. It was always about teenagers and older people, and I think I was like, ‘It never felt like me,’ but that movie, just because of that scene, really, really, really terrorized me. So very excited to dive into that world and honor the practical effects, the tactile feel of it. We’re just excited about all the possibilities there.”
What do we know about The Blob remake?
In January 2024, it was revealed that Warner Bros. Discovery is moving forward with a remake of The Blob. Bruckner — who made 2017’s The Ritual, 2020’s The Night House, and 2022’s Hellraiser — is attached to direct the film, while David Goyer and Levine serve as producers and Judith Harris as executive producer.
Plot details remain under wraps at this time; although, the original 1958 movie revolved around an amoeba-like alien that exponentially expands by absorbing people.
The Blob was followed with a sequel, 1972’s Beware! The Blob, before the original film was then remade in 1988 by Russell. Rob Zombie announced he was working on a new Blob movie in 2009 but left the project shortly after. Simon West then replaced Zombie, though the film never came to fruition.
A release date for the remake of The Blob has not yet been announced.
