Brad Anderson is to direct
The Crazies, remake of George Romero's horror-thriller, according to Variety.
Anderson will be reteamed with writer Scott Kosar following their collaboration on
The Machinist.
The Crazies will update the storyline of the original, in which inhabitants of a small Pennsylvania town are beset by death and insanity after a plane crash lets loose a secret biological weapon into the water supply. Original was released in 1972