And in this week’s installment of “Name That Remake!” we bring you the news that the studios are remaking the older film ISLE OF THE DEAD. In case that doesn’t quite ring a bell it’s because it’s older than most of our parents. The original was made in 1945 and starred screen legend Boris Karloff. In the original ISLE OF THE DEAD , Karloff played a Greek military commander on an island where a plague breaks out. He orders the isle quarantined and as residents fall ill and die, some begin to suspect that a vampire-demon might be the cause of the deaths. RKO plans to set the remake against the backdrop of a viral outbreak in Afghanistan.
As of right now newcomers Brian Horiuchi, Matt Lazarus are set to write the script.