Is the long in development remake of the 1958 classic The Blob starting to get some traction? Samuel L Jackson seems to think so and in a recent interview has stated that the film he has been attached to for two years could finally be oozing forward.
Speaking to the Toronto Star (via Blastr), the actor discussed why he likes appearing in genre films such as Jurassic Park and, most recently, King Kong. And in his comments he revealed that financing for the remake had come together and that things could be moving forward.
I’ve been preparing to use it my whole life. I’ve been running from or chasing King Kong, Godzilla the Wolfman, whatever, since I was a kid (in Chatanooga, Tenn.). We’d go home and pretend to do all that stuff. So I’m doing Kong for the same reason I’ll probably be doing The Blob. I just got a call the other day (where the producers) said they finally got their money from China to do Blob. I mean, I do a lot of movies, a lot of independent movies, for different reasons. But I’m a fan, and a lot of times I choose a movie because it’s something I would have chosen to see when I was a kid. How do you say no to that?
Note that Jackson states “probably.” But as the business normally goes, Jackson may have been attached to the project for the last two years, but even if the financing issues are in order, the producers still have to actually sit down and hammer out a deal with Jackson. Until then, nothing is certain.
The Sun’s story concludes by saying that “Jackson’s next big project after The Blob will be Avengers: Infinity War.” While it doesn’t state where they get this timeline, I am going to guess that it is an error on the reporter’s part. Infinity War is already in production and will be shooting over the next several month’s. Even if the jump right into pre-production, there is no way that the Blob remake producers will be able to get the film in front of cameras before Jackson needs to be on set for Infinity War.
