"An American Werewolf In London" is confirmed for a remake, with the original directors' son tapped to write and direct the movie.

The John Landis' 1981 horror classic is officially given a go signal for a remake, and will be co-produced by David Alpert of "The Walking Dead" and Robert Kirkman through Skybound Entertainment for Universal Pictures, Deadline reported. Landis himself is also onboard as executive producer.

Landis' son Max Landis, who was also tapped to write the film, incidentally is marking its 35th anniversary this year, will direct the remake. The younger Landis was always open to the possibility of trying to remake any of his father's films but there is only one he would be willing to try and remake, and he shared that he is already doing it, as what he stated on his now deleted tweet.

"An American Werewolf In London" is a story of two American tourists portrayed by David Naughton and Griffin Dunne who was attacked by a vicious creature in the forest that kills Dunne and left Naughton wounded. Changes soon began to manifest in Naughton who transforms into a werewolf that stalks and kills in the streets of London during a full moon, according to Digital Trends.

"An American Werewolf In London" was a certified hit at the box office, and even garnered an Oscar for Rick Baker for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, the first film to win the category when it was introduced that year. The scene that won the award was the transformation sequence also considered as one of the best transformation sequences ever done for a movie.

The scene has been emulated a number of times in films but never quite equaled the original even with more advanced technologies. Michael Jackson also did his bit when he recreated the transformation scene in his extended music video "Thriller" back in 1983.

"An American Werewolf In London" had a sequel back in 1997 "An American Werewolf In Paris" which featured Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy, but failed to make its own mark as that of the original.

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