Rob Zombie’s Bigfoot Movie
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on January 19th, 2006
News from Fangoria today
After conquering the comic-book field with an unending stream of horrific graphic novels (ALEISTER ARCANE, REMAINS, CRIMINAL MACABRE), writer Steve Niles is now poised to make a major splash on the big screen. Niles tells Fango that this spring, he will be producing an offbeat serial-killer thriller called THE TRIPPER, as well as co-writing (with Rob Zombie) a movie adaptation of his BIGFOOT comic for Rogue Pictures.
Rogue Pictures has optioned Niles and Zombie’s BIGFOOT, which IDW (Niles’ main outfit) published last fall. The serious comic yarn features a rampaging, bloodthirsty Sasquatch and spectacular artwork by Richard (HEAVY METAL) Corben. Niles has yearned to do a frightening Bigfoot movie ever since old TV commercials for THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK gave him nightmares as a child. The screenwriters will use the graphic novel as a skeleton to build the feature film version and expand upon its themes. “The whole reason Rob and I created the BIGFOOT comic, and now the film, is to undo the damage done by movies like HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS that made Bigfoot a silly character,” Niles says. “I’ve always found the idea of Bigfoot to be scary. I hope the film reflects that.”
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
SWEET, I can only hope this will turn out better than Rob’s 2 other films House of a 1000 Corpses and the Devil’s Rejects.
There’s been a crush of Sasquatch pictures lately (see link). Love his movies, but I read Rob’s Bigfoot comics and wasn’t dazzled. Pretty much just a man-eating monster who more than fancies the ladies. Zombie’s bigfoot isn’t our bigfoot.
Probably make “Sasquatch” look like an Academy-award winner.
I remember that movie. I remember being afraid to go to the bathroom, even though it was on the second floor and there was no way Bigfoot would be living in a big city and be able to reach into a bathroom on the second floor and grad some little kid.
Maybe Steve Alten could write a more suspenseful book, but then bigfoot would probably have to live part of its life underwater… hmmm… maybe THAT’s why it’s hard to find one! 😉
Rock n Roll. This should be good. Wonder what ever happened to the movie Abominable?
Hahahaha, anyone seen the movie “Sasquatch Hunters” ?? haha that was one of the most hilarious movies I’ve ever seen. We rented it a while back from the movie store.
What, no followup? Did this movie ever get made? Did Rob get distracted by something else?