Plan 9 from Outer Space: The Remake

Seriously, that’s not a typo. And it’s not the first time we’ve reported on a Plan 9 from Outer Space remake (here).

Filmmaker John Johnson and Darkstone Entertainment will starting filming the remake March 25th, and The Roanoke Times asked him why, which is a very good question, when someone is about to remake the worst film ever.

The source claims: “He didn’t start out with a grand plan to remake “Plan 9.” While on the set of a different movie, Johnson was griping about Hollywood’s penchant to crank out bad remakes of well-regarded horror films. Someone asked him what film he’d like to see remade. His answer was Plan 9 from Outer Space. He sent an email to his friends in film circles sharing this thought, not meaning it as a serious commitment.

The email got forwarded. News items appeared in venues such as the horror trade journal Fangoria reporting that he’d be doing the remake, Johnson said. When that happened, he looked into what it would take to secure the rights and discovered the film is in the public domain.

Essentially, he’s taken Wood’s idea, in which aliens revive the dead to attack the living in a plot to take over the world, and written his own version. His goal is to create a straightforward, low-budget, horror picture tinged with humor. He cites iconic 1980s flicks such as Fright Night and Lost Boys as models.”

I don’t think he can recreate the bad-movie-charm that Ed Wood accomplished, but um, well, it can’t be any worse.

Source: Dread Central