Them!
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No official plot yet, but the original revolved around "a huge nest of irradiated ants [that] are discovered in the New Mexico desert and become a national threat when two young queen ants and their consorts escape to set up new nests. The national search that ensues culminates in a battle in spillways and storm drains of Los Angeles."
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Director Michael Giacchino offered an update on the project, which is apparently still looking for a writer. Here's what he had to say: "So, anyway, the development we’re in right now, we’re about to find our writer. We were about to make the deal, and then the writer’s strike happened. So then that went on pause, and we waited for 140-whatever days it was. So now we’re just starting up again." He goes on to talk about the original movie and how it relates to this one, saying: "‘Them!’ was a film in the 1950s about giant ants. It was sort of discussing the oncoming nuclear age that we found ourselves in and were woefully unprepared for as human beings, and so I thought there’s so much going on in the world – that was clearly a lesson that we didn’t learn as humans – and it feels like it’s a story that could be told again today with a lot of the s— that’s going on in the world. I love that movie dearly. It’s a very special film." (10/18/23)
This project is in the early stage of development, as the studio is looking to find a writer, but the idea is for things to move fast once a proper writer is found. (1/5/23)
Director Michael Giacchino was quoted saying: "There’s always a movie in your mind that never leaves your head. For me, that’s Them! It wasn’t until much later in life until I learned what it was about — the nuclear age. What I love about Them! is exactly what it’s called: Them! It’s about the other, the unknown which one refuses or can’t understand." (1/5/23)
It's said that the current idea behind this remake is "immigration, and to tell a story about the subject through a lens of this insane science fiction monster movie."
Helmed by composer-turned-director Michael Giacchino (Werewolf by Night).
This is a remake of the 1954 Warner Bros. classic with the same name.