Breck Eisner News

December 20, 2010
McG and Breck Eisner Want to Play Ouija
Now that Universal knows it wants to make "Ouija" into an adventure movie, the studio is narrowing its list of candidates for the director's chair -- including McG and Breck Eisner. More...

April 23, 2010
Breck Eisner Plots an Escape from New York
It's churned through a leading man, a host of writers, and more than one director -- but the "Escape from New York" remake is still moving forward, and Breck Eisner is now attached to direct. More...

February 18, 2010
Breck Eisner Talks Flash Gordon
Breck Eisner is still working on his "Flash Gordon" script, but he's far enough along to share a few details, as he did in a recent interview with HitFix. More...

April 14, 2009
Breck Eisner Talks Flash Gordon, Creature from the Black Lagoon
Breck Eisner is currently shooting his remake of George Romero's "The Crazies," but he isn't too busy to talk with IGN about two high-profile upcoming projects -- namely, his updates on "Flash Gordon" and "Creature from the Black Lagoon." More...

October 8, 2008
Breck Eisner Going Crazies for Overture
George Romero's "The Crazies" is getting the remake treatment from Overture, where Breck Eisner is directing from a script by Ray Wright and Scott Kosar. More...

May 21, 2008
Breck Eisner Heading to the Planet Mongo
Columbia is in talks with Breck Eisner to direct -- and Neal Moritz to produce -- the studio's "redo-update" of Flash Gordon. More...

May 5, 2008
Breck Eisner Talks Creature from the Black Lagoon
Breck Eisner is gearing up to direct a Creature from the Black Lagoon remake for Universal -- and he's naming Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo as a source of inspiration. More...

February 15, 2008
Weekly Ketchup: Wolverine On Film, Justice League May Lose A Couple Of Heroes
In this week's column, Greg Dean Schmitz gives us the lowdown on some upcoming superhero movies, like Wolverine, Justice League, and Dr. Strange. There is also news about some game adaptations, such as Mortal Kombat, Tekken, believe it or not, Monopoly! More...

February 5, 2007
Novelist and Producer Point Fingers in Court; Whose Fault Was "Sahara?"
Accusations are flying between author Clive Cussler and producer Philip Anschutz over who's to blame for the 2005 adventure stinker, "Sahara," which cost an estimated $130 million to produce and brought in under $70 million at the box office. More...

October 20, 2005
Breck Eisner Goes from "Sahara" to "Black Lagoon"
Breck Eisner made his debut with last April's "Sahara" for Paramount, and he'll soon be helming Universal's remake of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon." Gary Ross ("Pleasantville") will produce and contribute the first draft of the screenplay. More...