Bloody Disgusting has broken the story that horror remake maestros Platinum Dunes will be the ones bringing the long-discussed Monster Squad remake to screens. The project was announced a few years ago around the release of the 20th Anniversary DVD/Blu-Ray. One of the original film’s producers, Rob Cohen, intended to direct.
In case you weren’t aware, the original film centered around a group of kids trying to stop Dracula, The Wolfman, The Mummy and The Creature from the Black Lagoon from taking over the world…with the help of Frankenstein. The film is probably best known for the cultural touchstone of “Wolfman’s got nards”.
The strangest thing about the idea of Platinum Dunes doing this is that I can’t seem them actually doing a straight-up horror comedy starring 12-year old kids. It’s most likely they’ll age the kids into teenagers so that they can get their usual stock of 26-year old Abercrombie and Fitch models to play them. We also can’t forget the other Platinum Dunes trademark of a guy who directed a Shakira music video. I don’t know if it’s worse than Cohen infusing his Coors Lite/Incubus aesthetic into a remake.
Platinum Dunes produced Monster Squad remake…bad idea or baddest idea?