"Texas Chainsaw Massacre" & "Amityville Horror" remake author Scott Kosar told Fangoria that another remake he's penning is an update of George Romero's "The Crazies" that may reunite him with the director of last year's acclaimed "The Machinist."

Kosar says "Paramount is in discussion with Brad Anderson--my favorite of all directors--to do The Crazies. I don't know if it's going to happen just yet, but they're talking about it. My producers really loved THE MACHINIST and Brad is super-talented, and they think we have good creative energy together, which we do."

Kosar isn't involved with the "Texas Chainsaw" prequel which Sheldon Turner is writing - "It's unfortunate because they want to do a prequel based on the origins of the family, and since I created every character in the remake except for Leatherface, I thought I was the right guy to tell the story. And they felt that too. I was their first choice, but I asked for more money than they were willing to pay."

Thanks to 'R'