The announcement was made from producers Jeff Sackman and Michael Baker, who play to shoot a remake to Cronenberg's 1975 debut (which was produced by "
Ghostbusters" filmmaker Ivan Reitman), early next year.
Danish filmmaker Rie Rasmussen will direct the project from a screenplay written by Ian Driscoll, with plans to update the tale for modern audiences.
If you haven't seen the original "
Shivers," which has a commemorative screening at TIFF this year, it's a gross-out kick, involving a luxury apartment complex that is invaded by parasites that turn its residents into sex crazed beasts. It's really awesome and extreme and hilarious, and it'll be interesting to see if the new filmmakers can walk that final tonal tightrope and come out on the other side unscathed.
http://variety.com/2013/film/news/da...ke-1200601394/