In 2010 it was reported that Rob Coihen, who produced the original The Monster Squad, was hoping to direct the planned remake. Cohen would be producing the film with Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Bradley Fuller and Andrew Form.
Well, it appears now that the film has taken a bit of a kick to the “nards”. It seems that a script is written and everything is ready to go but Paramount won’t give Cohen and Bay the green light for the film. Cohen recently spoke to ComingSoon and revealed what was happening with the stalled project.
“[The original] is one of the best things I’ve ever produced and I wanted to direct [the remake]. It’s sitting at Paramount. It’s a great script. I’ve been kicking them. Michael Bay has been kicking them. They don’t roll over… I don’t understand it. I’m hoping that one day we just get a call that they’ve finally seen the light of day.”
Howver, Cohen is still quite optimistic about the film happening:
“It happens all the time. They get onto something and they go, ‘The biggest audience we can get is young males between 12 and 16. What do you have that’s for young males between 12 and 16?’ Somebody says, ”Monster Squad’! Let’s do it! Let’s do ‘Monster Squad’!’ It’s that crazy.”
While I am sure there are some die-hard fans that are entirely against this I can see it happening and working out. They did a great job with the remake of Fright Night, so why couldn’t they pull this one off? Gues we’re going to have to wait and see if this one will ever actually see the light of day.