Romero Hits Up Olyphant For Crazies Lead

It’s been announced the the actor Timothy Olyphant (”Ol-uh-fint”) is to star in the remake of George A. Romero’s classic 1970s movie The Crazies.

Olyphant, who will play the town sheriff, is probably most famous for his role as Agent 47 in the game inspired movie Hitman. He also stars in A Perfect Getaway which will be released next year.

The remake of The Crazies has Romero as “Executive Producer” however his involvement is likely to be minimal beyond the use of his name. The initial script was written by Scott Kosar then handed over to Ray Wright. Direction will be by Will Eisner. The movie is due to open in the US in Sptember 2009.

I can’t claim to be overly excited.