More Updates on The Birds Remake

We had a chance to catchup with Brad Fuller this past weekend to talk to him about the upcoming remake of The Birds and to see how things are progressing with their choice of director Martin Campbell. He told us;

Well, we’ve been having meetings with Martin. We had a meeting with him last week. We are inching closer. He’s in post on his movie that he just directed so it’s taking a little bit longer because he’s in the middle of that. We’re getting closer on a script. I mean, that’s a huge movie. That’s like all of our movies put into one so it’s a big undertaking and that’s why it’s taking so long.

Obviously whenever we talk about a remake fans tend to get really upset and in many cases rightly so. But Brad Fuller has made it clear to us in a past interview that this is not a scene for scene remake;

We're working that out now but there's only so much that can happen. Birds attack. It's the explaining of why is it happening or if you explain why it's happening or who are the characters that it's happening to and the setting that it's happening in. Those are the things that we're contending with now. We're in the very early process on that, very early.

The movie is a lot about the filmmaker. Martin Campbell is a guy, Casino Royale could be my favorite movie. I love that movie. I thought that he did an amazing job but that is the first true filmmaker who we've had an opportunity to sit down and really work with a guy who knows what he's talking about, is very passionate about the movie, has some fantastic ideas about what he wants that movie to be and with a guy like that, you just want to follow him up the mountain and do what he says.

The Birds remake will star Naomi Watts and as noted by Brad is directed by Casino Royale director Martin Campbell. So this remake already has a ton of legs and is not looking to be your typical cash cow remake where the studio does a quick and easy remake to grab at some cash.... which happens to often. That is not to say that I am for another remake of a Classic Horror movie but at least they are putting some effort into it with a strong female lead and a top notch director. Look for Sheilas entire interview with Brad later this week.