Ein seltsames, geleeartiges Etwas nutzt einen Meteoriten zur Reise auf die Erde und macht sich dort sogleich daran, zur Wachstumsförderung ein paar neugierige Erdlinge zu verspeisen. Ein jugendliches Pärchen wird Zeuge des unschönen Treibens, stößt aber auf Unglauben, als es die Erwachsenen vor der Gefahr warnen will. Erst als die Kreatur einen Zwischenstop im örtlichen Kino einlegt, um sich an den dort versammelten Besuchern zu laben, werden die Jugendlichen ernst genommen. Verzweifelt versucht man, dem Schrecken Einhalt zu gebieten...
[06.10.2009]
B-D sprach mit Rob Zombie... [...] We asked him about his progress writing the latest BLOG remake, which he was announced to write and direct last month.
"I'm about halfway [done]," he tells Bloody Disgusting adding that he really doesn't know what the Blob will look like just yet. "I'm still working on it, so I cant really say... I was thinking, you know, it wasn't going to be a big red globby thing. I don't know what it IS going to be, it's more like I know what I DON'T want it to be."
He also confirms that he'd like to once again work with DP Brandon Trost, who did the cinematography for HALLOWEEN II. "Yeah, I loved Brandon, he's great." Although, it's so early that it's impossible to know if he'll be involved or not. [...]
[28.08.2009]
Variety.com meldet... After reviving the "Halloween" franchise, Rob Zombie will next reinvent "The Blob."
Zombie will write, direct and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classic that launched the career of Steve McQueen. Production will begin next spring.
Zombie's deal to make "The Blob" his next film comes as Dimension opens "Halloween II," the Zombie-directed sequel to his 2007 hit "Halloween."
In the original "Blob," an object from space crashes into a field, containing a red blob-like substance that absorbs the humans it contacts and grows exponentially. While Zombie was a fan of the original, he's formulated a decidedly different take that he would not reveal.
"My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing -- that's the first thing I want to change," Zombie said. "That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now."
Zombie will produce with Genre Co.'s Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten; original "Blob" producer Jack H. Harris; and Judith Parker Harris of Worldwide Entertainment Corp. and Andy Gould.
Saperstein, the former Dimension Films president who developed a relationship with Zombie while they worked on "Halloween," said that funding is in place to make an R-rated film that will cost around $30 million. The budget model is similar to that of recent fright fare like "Cloverfield" and "District 9," and they expect to firm a distribution deal before production begins. Genre Co. is in pre-production on the independently financed, Darren Bousman-directed remake "Mother's Day."
"I'd been looking to break out of the horror genre, and this really is a science fiction movie about a thing from outer space," Zombie said. "I intend to make it scary, and the great thing is I have the freedom once again to take it in any crazy direction I want to."
Zombie has begun writing. He'll follow the release of "Halloween II" with a new album and tour this fall and get the script done at that time.
Shara Kay and Jeremy Platt will be "Blob" co-producers, and David Mendez is exec producer. [...]
[25.03.2007]
CS! sprach mit den Drehbuchautoren Chad und Carey Hayes über das Remake...
[...] Taking its cue from another under-appreciated '80s environmental genre parable C.H.U.D., the Hayes have given an anachronism to their "blob." "It's now 'B.L.O.B.' which stands for Biological Lethal Organic Bomb," says Carey. "At the time they brought it to us we were like, 'not interested.!' And they said, 'Oh come on, challenge yourselves!'"
"We stepped away for bit," continues Chad. "We thought about it, because you want to pay homage to those creature features. It was just fun and we thought what if our own government created this thing? It got out in the '50s, we know what it did then and we know how to contain it. Now let's say, it's stolen, like, from North Korea or something..." The brothers break into a laugh. If it sounds like they are aware of the concept's tongue-in-cheek nature, you're right. They cite the self-reflecting genre-bending Shaun of the Dead and Tremors as big influences.
Says Carey, "In this movie we do everything you're not supposed to do. We kill the dog first, we puts kids in a lifeboat... fwoosh, they're gone! We had so much fun scaling our [characters] down to just the Troopers - the stuff that goes on between our characters and how the Blob consumes is pretty cool."
"It's got an action sequence between six hammerhead sharks, the Blob and three people all in the same tank," adds Chad with a morsel of plot info that sounds too good to be true for horror fans. "One guy, who's bleeding is like, 'I'm supposed to go in the shark thank? But I'm bleeding!' And the Blob is coming at him the whole time - he doesn't have a choice. It's just crazy."
Since Rudin's departure from Paramount, the Hayes say they're not entirely certain at what stage of development B.L.O.B. rests in as Rudin is now firmly established at Disney. [...]
[12.05.2005]
Fangoria meldet... Paging through the production notes on the new HOUSE OF WAX, Fango discovered the news that its scripters, Chad and Carey W. Hayes, are the writers on another fright remake, THE BLOB. [...]
[29.10.2004]
HollywoodReporter.com meldet... With several remakes under his belt, producer Scott Rudin is turning his attention to the 1958 B-movie "The Blob" for Paramount Pictures. The Paramount-based producer whose recent credits include "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The Stepford Wives" remakes will produce the feature along with Jack Harris, who produced the original film. Judith Harris will serve as an associate producer. Starring Steve McQueen, the campy cult classic followed a mysterious creature from another planet that resembled a giant blob of jelly and went on a path of destruction as it grew bigger. The horror/sci-fi movie was remade in 1988 with Chuck Russell at the helm. [...]
Blob DVD & Video
The Blob - Schrecken ohne Namen (1958) Regionalcode 2 FSK: Freigegeben ab 12 Jahren Darsteller: Steve McQueen, Earl Rowe Regie: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. Ton: Deutsch & Englisch (Dolby Digital 2.0) DVD Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2005
Blob (1958) UK-Import Regionalcode 2 BBFC: Freigegeben ab 12 Jahren Darsteller: Steve McQueen, Earl Rowe Regie: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. Ton: Englisch DVD Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2004 Video Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 1995
Beware! The Blob (1972) UK-Import Regionalcode 2 BBFC: Freigegeben ab 15 Jahren Darsteller: Robert Walker, Godfrey Cambridge, Gwynne Gilford, Richard Webb, Shelley Berman Regie: Larry Hagman Ton: Englisch Video Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 1992
Blob (1988) FSK: Freigegeben ab 18 Jahren Darsteller: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith Regie: Chuck Russell DVD Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2001
Die gallertartige Substanz stammt aus dem Weltall und ernährt sich von Menschenfleisch. Die Opfer tragen grausame Verätzungen davon oder werden bis auf die Knochen abgenagt. Nach jedem Fressen wird der schwabbelige Mörderpudding - Blob genannt - größer und größer. Bald hat er die Stadt erreicht und breitet sich unaufhaltsam über Kanalisation und Luftschächte aus. Polizei und Militär sind machtlos. Weder Feuer noch Gifte noch Bomben können dem Blob etwas anhaben. Die gesamte Menschheit schwebt in Lebensgefahr.
The Blob - Schrecken ohne Namen (1958)
