George Romero’s remake The Crazies get a lead!

Timothy Olphant the star of HBO’s fantatstic Deadwood and the semi hit action flick Hitman has been tapped to play the lead in the remake of George Romeros The Crazies.

 The story revolves around the inhabitants of a small Kansas town who are beset by death and insanity after a plane crash lets loose a secret biological weapon into the water supply. Olyphant is playing the town’s sheriff

 

Source: The Hollywood Reporter