Panabaker is one of The Crazies

Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th, Mr Brooks, Sky High, Shark) and Joe Anderson (Across the Universe, The Ruins) have joined Timothy Olyphant (TV's "Damages," Hitman, Deadwood) and Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, Pitch Black) in Overture Films' The Crazies, a reinvention loosely based upon the George Romero cult classic. The film is set to begin principal photography in Georgia on March 5th with additional shooting to occur in Iowa.

Panabaker will play Becca, a receptionist at the town's medical center where Mitchell is a doctor.

Anderson will play the role of the town's deputy, with Olyphant playing the sheriff.

Breck Eisner is set to direct the screenplay about the inhabitants of a small Kansas town beset by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. The film is written by Ray Wright, from an earlier draft by Scott Kosar.

Source: Mania

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Timothy Olyphant to be one of The Crazies

Timothy Olyphant is about to enter the world of George A. Romero. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Olyphant has secured the lead role for The Crazies remake.

The film, based off Romero's 1973 original film, will center on the tiny populace of a Kansas town that is plagued by madness and death after a plane crashes nearby, releasing a biological weapon into the town's water supply. Olyphant will portray the town's sherrif.

Breck Eisner is directing from a script by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright, with Romero himself executive producing. No production schedule was released for the project.
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George Romero's The Crazies next in the remake gravy train.

Overture Films has signed on to produce The Crazies, a remake of George Romero's 1973 horror.According to Variety, Breck Eisner (Sahara and the rumoured Flash Gordon remake) will direct from a script by Ray Wright and Scott Kosar. Michael Aguilar and Dean Georgaris will produce; Romero will serve as executive producer.

The Crazies revolves around people in a small Kansas town who are beset by a virus that causes insanity and death after a mysterious toxin contaminates the local water supply.

The project was previously set up at Rogue Pictures and Paramount. Overture CEO Chris McGurk and chief operating officer Danny Rosett felt it was a good fit for the company's expanding slate.

Production is set to begin early next year.

Source: Movieweb

I've not seen the original but the concept sounds pretty good. If you have seen the original what's it like and what do you think about the remake news?

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