The Crazies is an upcoming 2010 science fiction/horror/thriller film that is a remake of George A. Romero's 1973 film of the same name. The scheduled release date for the remake is February 26, 2010. The film is a reimagining of the George Romero original. It is directed by Breck Eisner from a screenplay by Ray Wright and Scott Kosar.

Plot

David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) is sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a picture-perfect American town with happy, law-abiding citizens. But one day, one of them, Rory Hamill, comes to a school baseball game with a loaded shotgun, ready to kill, and was shot and killed by Dutton when he didn't surrender. Another man, Bill Farnum, burns down his own house…after locking his wife and young son in a closet inside and was arrested for arson and family murder. Within days, the town has transformed into a sickening mental asylum; people who days ago lived quiet, unremarkable lives have now become depraved, blood-thirsty killers, hiding in the darkness with guns and knives. Sheriff Dutton tries to make sense of what's happening as the horrific, nonsensical violence escalates. Something is infecting the citizens of Ogden Marsh... with insanity. Now complete anarchy reigns as one by one the townsfolk succumb to an unknown toxin and turn sadistically violent. In an effort to keep the madness contained, the government uses deadly force to close off all access and won't let anyone in or out – even those uninfected. The few still sane find themselves trapped: Sheriff Dutton; his pregnant wife, Judy (Radha Mitchell); Becca (Danielle Panabaker), an assistant at the medical center; and Russell (Joe Anderson), Dutton's deputy and right-hand man. Forced to band together, an ordinary night becomes a horrifying struggle for survival as they do their best to get out of town alive.

Cast

• Timothy Olyphant – David Dutton
• Radha Mitchell – Judy Dutton
• Joe Anderson – Russell Clank
• Danielle Panabaker – Becca
• Preston Bailey – Nicholas Farnum
• Christie Lynn Smith – Deardra Farnum
• Lisa K. Wyatt – Peggy Hamill
• Larry Cedar – Principal Ben Sandborn
• Brett Wagner – Jesse
• Joe Reegan – Billy Babcock
• Frank Hoyt Taylor – Charles Finley
• Brett Rickaby – Bill Farnum
• Chet Grissom – Kevin Miller
• Justin Welborn - Curt Hammil

Filming Locations

Much of the film was shot in Middle Georgia, and Lenox, Iowa. with settings including the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Priester's Pecans in Perry, Georgia, The Fountain Car wash in Macon, Georgia, areas in Montezuma, Georgia, and Peach County High School in Fort Valley, Georgia.

Production

The film is being produced and will be distributed by Overture Films. The special effects are created from Robert Green Hall.

References

1. Interview: Timothy Olyphant
2. Interview: Radha Mitchell
3. Interview: Joe Anderson
4. A Screamin' New Image of Radha Mitchell in 'The Crazies'
5. The Crazies Trailer Debuts
6. ‘Crazies’ remake filming under way in Perry
7. Exclusive: Rob Hall Talks Effects on Remake of The Crazies
8. Exclusive photo: THE CRAZIES love Fango!

External links

• Movie Trailer
• Movie Review