Re-Animator: Evolution will be a “modern rendition” of Lovecraft’s Story, according to co-writer Johnathon Schaech (who will also play Herbert West), and “we’re making sure that the spirit and the story elements are more loyal to the original written material of H.P. Lovecraft,” as reported by Bloody Disgusting.

As someone who was never much of a fan of the original Re-Animator films, I will say that these comments make me at least a little bit interested in this project. There has not exactly been an abundance of faithful Lovecraft film adaptations so far, so this would almost be a first.

However, the fact that the new film is set in modern times (so much for faithfulness) has me less enthusiastic. Here’s the official synopsis:

Pursued by the police, an ambitious neuroscientist uses a neutrino impulse to bring his dead wife back to life, unintentionally unlocking within her dormant powers that threaten the existence of everyone he knows.

So yeah. I don’t know.