The original follows the story of a town being terrorized by a giant mutant squid-like creature hatched by toxins flowing into a nearby river from a military base. When the creature grabs a little girl, her dysfunctional family must band together to rescue her. The film’s anti-pollution theme was clearly a “what if” warning for the world.
Film Fetish Trivia: Gore Verbinski is also working on an adaptation of the video game Bioshock, which he intends to direct, as well as a series of animated shorts, that will be inspired by the 1981 cult film Heavy Metal. Verbinski, along with David Fincher and Zack Snyder, have signed on to direct segments of the project.
He’s also developing an animated action-adventure film called Rango, which follows a household pet that goes on an adventure to discover its true self.
Check out the trailer for the original The Host below.