The original flick from director Jack Sholder starred Kyle MacLachlan as an interstellar cop who teams with Earth detective Michael Nouri to hunt a gooey alien body-jumper with a fondness for fast cars and excessive violence. The new version comes from Rock Shaink Jr. (great name) and Mark Jonathan Stanley, and will apparently retain only the basic framework — the official summary of THE SEED is “A mysterious killer returns from the past, forcing a young detective to return to a case that took her mother’s life years before.” I hope there’s tentacles, at least. They make everything better.
Both actors should be able to handle themselves — Mitchell has twice battled shadow creatures (and fights a killer croc in the upcoming ROGUE), while McDonough fought the Borg and The Rock. Unfortunately, he lost both times…