If you’ve ever found yourself lounging around on a Sunday afternoon, pipe in one hand, steaming mug of tea in the other, slippers perched precariously upon the very tip of your toes, wondering to yourself whether Bernard Quatermass would ever be swept along with the relentless tide of remakes and reboots (or even if you in fact didn’t ever find yourself in that mystifyingly specific scenario) we’ve got some good news for you: it’s happening.
There’s more good news: Hammer’s Simon Oakes is producing. Oakes was behind Let Me In and The Woman In Black, also at Hammer. On writing duties for the new Quatermass film is David Farr, whose recent jobs include The Night Manager and Amazon’s Hanna TV series. Jon Silk and Jay Ashenfelter will be overseeing production on the remake for Legendary.
If you’re not familiar with the 1950’s science fiction series (and, later, movies) the story follows rocket scientist Bernard Quatermass, who ends up on a mission to save the planet after his research puts him head-to-head with hostile aliens.