Christopher Landon Says Creative Differences Led to 'Arachnophobia' Exit, Reveals His Body Horror Take

Christopher Landon Says Creative Differences Led to 'Arachnophobia' Exit, Reveals His Body Horror Take

A few years ago Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon was attached to a remake of Arachnophobia, now he shares the plot for his remake.

Happy Death Day director confirms his Arachnophobia reboot has been scrapped: "A classic case of creative differences"

Christopher Landon described his exit as a "calm separation", even if his initial script made the studios "a little bit nervous"

Landon Talks "Arachnophobia" Remake Rejection

“Happy Death Day” and “Drop” filmmaker Christopher Landon has told Vanity Fair (via The Playlist) that due to creative differences, Amblin Entertainment has decided to pass on his version of a remake of Frank Marshall’s 1990 horror-comedy “Arachnophobia”. Both Marshall and Steven Spielberg have been trying to get a new version off the ground for a while with James Wan attached to an earlier version before Landon signed on a few years back. He te…

Christopher Landon explains why he stepped away from Scream 7 and the Arachnophobia reboot

On June 11, 2018, it was announced that genre regular James Wan’s company Atomic Monster was teaming up with Amblin to produce a remake of the 1990 “nature run amok” horror film Arachnophobia – and almost exactly four years later, we heard that that Christopher Landon, director of Happy Death Day and Freaky, would be writing and directing the new take on Arachnophobia. Fourteen months after that, it was announced that Landon was set to direct Sc…

Reboot of Beloved '90s Monster Movie Secretly Scrapped (And the Director Reveals Why)

At one point, filmmaker Christopher Landon was lined up to direct an Arachnophobia reboot, but he’s now revealed why that film isn’t happening. While promoting his new film Drop, Landon spoke with The Wrap and discussed what happened during development on his Arachnophobia. According to him, it was a familiar case of creative differences in Hollywood, as other people involved with the project had their own ideas for the film. Landon noted that w…

'Arachnophobia': "Brutal Body Horror" Remake Scrapped By Amblin, John Goodman Might Have Returned

Steven Spielberg (“Jurassic Park”) and Frank Marshall (“Congo”) have been working together at Amblin Entertainment to get a remake of their 1990 horror-comedy “Arachnophobia” off the ground. At one point, horror guru James Wan (“Malignant”) was involved only for Christopher Landon (“Drop”) to be ultimately selected to write/direct a reboot based on the deadly spider invasion flick and finished a script back in 2023. Continue reading ‘Arachnophob…