Crazies

Crazies Remake

To be honest with you, I kind of wish George Romero had decided to direct this remake of his 1973 movie “The Crazies”. At least this way we could keep him from doing another movie about zombies. Obviously I have nothing against zombie movies (I love me some zombie movies), but the way ol Georgie is going right now, it feels like I’m watching the same movie over and over again. But in any case, “The Crazies” is coming, and a teaser poster has popped up online.

The plot for the remake, to be directed by Breck Eisner (”Sahara”) remains the same as the original, with the military attempting to contain a killer man-made virus that causes death and permanent insanity in those infected. The action takes place in a small town, where “Hitman’s” Timothy Olyphant is the Sheriff and Radha Mitchell (”Man on Fire”) is his wife. And according to IMDB.com, some guy name Joe Reegan will be playing a character name Billy Babcock. I’m guessing that’s an important character, since he’s the only one with a name at the moment.

Things get crazy September 25, 2009.

Radha Mitchell is Crazies?

“The Crazies”, a remake of George Romero’s 1970s movie of the same name, may have nabbed its leading lady in Radha Mitchell, says horror site Shock-til-you-drop. I wouldn’t be surprise if this is indeed the case; Mitchell is no stranger to genre fare, with flicks like “Pitch Black”, “Silent Hill” and the more recent “Rogue” on her resume. No, not the one with Jet Li and Jason Statham, the one with the giant crocodile set in Australia. You know, with that guy from Alias. It’s actually a very decent creature movie, so check it out if you haven’t. Or don’t. See if I care.

We presume she’ll be playing the wife of Olyphant’s sheriff character who is faced with a biological weapon that has infected the town’s water supply thus making the residents violently loopy.

Breck Eisner is directing from a script by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright. George Romero won’t be calling the shots this time around, but I’m sure the old dog will pocket a nice change from “producing” the remake. Timothy Olyphant is the film’s only other cast member to date.