News > Universal Pictures to remake 'The Host'

Universal pictures is teaming up with Gore Verbinski to redo the thriller The Host.  According to Variety, Fredrik Bond will direct the Bong Joon-Ho Korean thriller that has been penned by Mark Poirier.

Story follows a town terrorized by a giant mutant squidlike creature hatched by toxins that flow into a nearby river from a military base. When the creature grabs a little girl, her dysfunctional family must band together to rescue her.

Verbinski will produce with Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison, along with Paul Brooks.

The film, originally titled "Gwoemul," did record-breaking business in its theatrical run in South Korea.