Leonardo DiCaprio to Produce Remake of H.G. Wells Classic ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’

Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way is teaming with Warner Bros to take us all back to The Island Of Dr. Moreau.The production has hired writers Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy ( Hemlock Grove writers) to update the classic H.G. Wells novel into a combination of Sci-Fi and ecological science and conservatism.

Now the first thing that is going to pop into everyone's head is Marlon Brando's 1996 remake, which should immediately ring warning bells. That movie was a train wreck. Who could forget mini-brando? Brando and Val Kilmer were reported as hating each other vehemently and the production was caught between the two super egos.

I'm right there with anyone gathering Internet torches and pitchforks if the plan is to crank out another turd fest like that 1996 version, but for those of you lucky enough to have caught the Burt Lancaster and Micheal York 1977 version on some lazy Sunday afternoon, you know what The Island of Dr. Moreau could be with today's technology and effects.

Here's the 1977 version's trailer, just to give you a taste.
Via: Deadline