AMERICAN WEREWOLF remake coming

According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Landis has sold the remake rights to his 1981 horror/comedy classic, An American Werewolf in London. (Click the image at left to buy the film on DVD.) The original film spawned a host of lesser imitators - including the rather iffy 1997 sequel An American Werewolf in Paris and the 2007 porno version An Erotic Werewolf in London - but this will be the first actual remake. Landis will apparently produce, but it sounds like somebody else (as yet unnamed) will direct.

This is yet another remake that sounds like a lousy idea. The original movie is as weird, scary and funny as it ever was. You're not gonna top it.

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