Michael Fleming of Variety
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have set David Goyer to write and direct "The Invisible Man," a new take on the H.G. Wells classic. Brian Grazer will produce.
Conceived as a sequel to Wells' original tale, the story centers on a British nephew of the original Invisible Man. Once he discovers his uncle's formula for achieving invisibility, he is recruited by British intelligence agency MI5 during WWII.
"I've always been a fan of the original H.G. Wells book as well as the Universal film and felt the property was ripe for reimagining," Goyer said.
...Goyer, who most recently directed ghost tale "The Invisible" and "Blade Trinity," is planning to helm the Sheldon Turner-scripted "X-Men" spinoff "Magneto" for Fox
Like, Goyer, I too, am a huge fan of the original story and classic film of 1933. Given the overall success of the current Mummy franchise, I'm actually surprised that it's taken the studio this long to relaunch this. Goyer has a real knack for this kind of material. I love the fact that the decision has been made to push the story forward-while still keeping it in the past--Just great!
Fingers Firmly Crossed--I hope the update turns out better than either Hollow Man from 2000, or Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) did. Even though both films had talented folks calling the shots as well, both were major stink bombs.
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