‘Happy Death Day’ Director Christopher Landon to Write and Direct ‘Arachnophobia’ Remake for Amblin
thewrap.comoomph. (It was also the directorial debut of Marshall, one of Spielberg’s closest collaborators.)But Disney was worried about their big summer tentpole that year, “Dick Tracy.” The production was plagued with problems and beset by writer/director/star Warren Beatty’s notorious perfectionism.
So Disney movie “Roller Coaster Rabbit” from “Arachnophobia” to “Dick Tracy.” Spielberg was so mad that he outright canceled one of the Roger Rabbit shorts that was in production at Disney’s recently opened Florida satellite studio and the animosity soured any attempt at a proper Roger Rabbit sequel.Wan and Atomic Robot have the Stephen King adaptation “Salem’s Lot” coming out September 9 and Wan is in post-production on “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” which currently has a March 17, 2023 release date.Landon wrote the “Paranormal Activity” spin-off “Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin” for Paramount+ that debuted last Halloween and recently wrote and directed “We Have a Ghost” for Netflix, starring David Harbour and Anthony Mackie, which should (we assume) be out in time for this Halloween.It’s not clear where this new “Arachnophobia” will spin its web although Amblin did sign a production deal with Universal in late 2020.
Read more on thewrap.com