Looks like The Creature From The Black Lagoon will still rise from the water soon, even if it's not under the director we thought it'd be.
THR is reporting that the remake of the famous monster movie has just acquired Dave Kajganich to write the screenplay, but the rumor that up-and-coming director and Ridley Scott protoge Carl Erik Rinsch would direct is apparently untrue. There's no director currently listed, but The Hunger Games director Gary Ross is producing along with his partner Allison Thomas, which is cool considering Ross' father was one of the writers on the original 1954 classic.
I hate to be negative here, but hiring Kajganich doesn't exactly inspire confidence. The guy wrote The Invasion, the 2007 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which ended up with a 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. He's also been working on remakes of It, The Stand, and Pet Semetary, all Stephen King properties that, all things considered, should probably just be left alone.
I suppose we'll wait to see who is brought on to direct, because if they get a solid writer/director on board, maybe that person can take a pass at this script when it gets closer to production. There's no start date yet, but we'll keep you posted on updates as they roll in.