In 2009, it was reported that Carl Erik Rinsch might direct a remake that would be produced by Marc Abraham, Eric Newman, and Gary Ross; [22] [23] however, a project featuring the ensemble had been abandoned by 2011. [ citation needed] According to Austin Hill from universalmonstersuniverse.com, who got to read a copy of the script, the film would have been much more violent and gory than its predecessors.

Gary: Oh yeah. I don’t think we’re going to wink at the audience or make it silly in any way, I think we’re going to take it seriously." Ricou Browning was one of the two actors who got zipped into the creature's costume for the movie (he was the one who swam). a b Rizzo, Marian (July 18, 2013). "A Silver Springs story: Ricou Browning was the Creature". Star–Banner . Retrieved July 25, 2019. Linder, Brian (August 7, 2002). "Del Toro to Uni's Creature Redo". IGN. Archived from the original on October 19, 2008 . Retrieved January 22, 2018. At first it was a little awkward," he says. "But I got used to it and got to where I could swim in it very easily."

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The plot of the film would have involved two different creatures, one good and gentle, and the other evil and destructive, a concept inspired by the characters Lennie and George from "Of Mice and Men". Both of which would end up leaving the Lagoon and battle with the modern-day U.S navy. [2] She was painting something on my chest with a paintbrush," Browning says. "She said, 'I'm giving it a touch-up.' I said, 'Well OK, but you better let it dry, I'm going in the water.' And that was the last I saw of her." Gary: Well it’s certainly going to be based on the original; my dad’s favourite was The Creature Walks Among Us and that was the last one which my dad also wrote. My dad actually died two weeks ago. We’re going to be faithful to it.

Johnson says Mildred Rossi — as the artist was known at Disney — also worked on the Fantasia sequence "A Night on Bald Mountain." There's a winged creature named Chernabog perched atop the mountain. Gary: Well those are decisions that will always be made during prep. The movie is not greenlit – let me say that. But we hope to be making it sometime next year...Cieply, Michael. "On screens soon, abused Earth gets its revenge". The New York Times, March 12, 2007. In August 2002, Guillermo del Toro, a fan of the original feature, was attached to direct a remake. [16] He had hoped to do a story focused more on the Creature's viewpoint while also letting him have a successful romantic liaison. He later went on to turn this idea into the 2017 film The Shape of Water after Universal rejected the concept. [17] Because of these creative clashes and his commitments to many other projects, Universal dropped del Toro and hired Tedi Sarafian (credited on Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) to write a script in March 2003. [18] Ricou Browning played the Gill-man in the underwater shots, which were filmed by the second unit in Wakulla Springs, Florida. [2] While filming underwater, Browning reportedly held his breath for up to four minutes at a time. [4] [5] In a 2013 interview, Browning clarified: "If you're not doing anything at all, four minutes is possible, but not if you're moving in the water. If you're swimming fast or fighting, you use up a lot of oxygen, and it cuts it down to, at the most, two minutes". [4] Critical reception [ edit ] Walt [Disney] wanted this creature of darkness to be defeated by light," Johnson says. "As the [dawn] bell tolls, you see this blue pastel reflection of the light cross the body of Chernabog. And it's powerful. And it's actually, interestingly her first monster." In 2001, shortly after the success of 1999's "The Mummy" remake, Gary Ross was set to produce/write another attempt at a remake alongside his father, Arthur Ross, one of the original film's writers. [11] Later in 2008, at a press conference for The Tale Of Despereaux, Gary Ross was asked about what had become of the film;