Oct 19 2009 New 'Monster Squad' Unrelated To Prior 'Monster Squad'

Hey, remember that depressing news from a year ago that the director of xXx was going to remake the 1980s' second or third best kids-go-on-a-fantasy-adventure film, Monster Squad? Well, I have absolutely no update on that. However, there is this news on another in-development Monster Squad that apparently has nothing to do with the original Monster Squad ("Monster Squad" is just a good name for things):

Mike Mitchell will direct "Monster Squad," formerly known as "Nightcrawlers," Warner Bros.' long-gestating supernatural action comedy.

The studio picked up "Nightcrawlers" as a spec by Brian Lynch in 2000. The project went through numerous writers, including Michael Arndt and Audrey Wells, as Warners sought to find a balance of laughs and chills.

The project's title was changed to "Monster Squad," though it is not a remake of the 1987 Warners movie written by Shane Black.

The studio is keeping mum on the new "Squad" log line, which has changed considerably in the last decade. It remains, however, a high-concept, big-budget, supernatural fantasy.

So now I have to start being annoyed about not just wretched, completely unnecessary remakes but also name swipists that sound like they are? Can we just stop making movies already?

Jul 16 2008 'Monster Squad' Remake Will Ruin Your 'Wolfman's Got Nards' Quoting Sessions

Seeing as how "destruction of any and all pleasant nostalgia" has become a veritable genre in recent years, I've made up a generic template to make it easier for me to post the most recent studio attempts at recreating our childhoods with CGI and sadness. Here's the latest:

Hey, remember that show/movie/toyline you enjoyed as a child, Monster Squad? Well, bad news. It's being re-made into a movie by Rob Cohen, director of xXx, Stealth, terrible things. Here is a related quote:

“The Wolfmans got Nards! What a great line" Cohen jokes with Bloody-Disgusting. "I am talking with Paramount about the ownership rights, we just found out that because of all the different companies being bought and sold, (it was so hard to do) but we believe all the rights are back at Paramount. I have been waiting to finish this (third Mummy) film, to really start the talks about remaking it. Maybe I would direct, maybe someone else with me producing. I really think highly of that that film…I mean, how great is it with The Mummy, the Wolfman, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula, Frankenstein they all were in it! It would be a prime remake!”

Time to go quietly sob in a hand-dug hole!

Rob Cohen Talks 'Monster Squad' Remake [Bloody Disgusting]