‘Werewolf By Night’ Director Michael Giacchino Set For Remake of 1954’s ‘Them!’

Micahel Giacchino has been one of the hottest composers in Hollywood for many years, but after his work as the director of Marvel’s Werewolf By Night, it’s not a surprise to see that he already has another project lined up. It looks like retro-style projects may just be his thing because the composer-turned-director has now signed on for a remake of the 1954 B-Movie, Them! Even if you’ve never heard of Them!, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen clips of the humans vs giant radioactive ants that made the movie such a big hit in theatres during the 1950s.

This is what Giacchino had to say about the new gig:

“There’s always a movie in your mind that never leaves your head. For me, that’s Them! It wasn’t until much later in life until I learned what it was about — the nuclear age. What I love about Them! is exactly what it’s called: Them! It’s about the other, the unknown which one refuses or can’t understand. The current version of Them! is about immigration, and to tell a story about the subject through a lens of this insane science fiction monster movie,”

Here’s the film synopsis via IMDB and the trailer for the film’s 1954 release.

In the New Mexico desert, Police Sgt. Ben Peterson and his partner find a child wandering in the desert and soon they discover that giant ants are attacking the locals. FBI agent Robert Graham teams up with Ben and with the support of Dr. Harold Medford and his daughter Dr. Patricia ‘Pat’ Medford, they destroy the colony of ants in the middle of the desert. Dr. Harold Medford explains that the atomic testing in 1945 developed the dangerous mutant ants. But they also discover that two queen ants have flown away to Los Angeles and they are starting a huge colony in the underground flood control tunnels of that city. When a mother reports that her two children are missing, the team begin searching for them. Will they arrive in time to save the children and destroy the colony?