News > Director confirmed for "Day the Earth Stood Still" Remake

HNR reports that Scott Derrickson will be handling the (absolutely unnecessary) remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still.

You may know Derrickson; he's the guy that directed The Exorcism of Emily Rose, one of the most unequivocally "okay" horror movies of the past few years. 

There's really not much to say – The Day the Earth Stood Still doesn't need a remake (it works perfectly as a Cold War paranoia piece, and doesn't have to have its setting changed to 2006 just to prove timely), and Derrickson's attachment to the project doesn't somehow justify its existence.