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In their first production since Henry Winterstern’s surprise resignation this past March, First Look Pictures announced that Naomi Watts will headline the indies adaptation of Amy Sutherland’s novel about her time at a school for animal training.

Director Bong Joon-ho’s The Host begins in the year 2000, when a morgue assistant in Korea is ordered to empty bottles of hazardous waste down a drain, even though he the boss who gives the order both know the chemicals will end up in the Han River. Two years later, fishermen are finding small mutated creatures. By 2006, a leviathan sea beast is hanging from the Han River Bridge. Among the people gathering to watch the creature is Gang-du, a good-hearted but lazy slacker who works in a food stand along the bank of the Han. Mayhem erupts moments later when the creature rushes onto land and begins to kill and devour everyone in sight. In the ensuing pandemonium, Gang-su’s young daughter Hyun-seo is grabbed by the creature and carried into the depths of the Han River.

Jameson here with a recap of Day 2 of the New York Comic Con:

Jameson reports in on his first day at NY Comic Con!

If you’re in the mood for something really different this weekend (and you’re not faint of heart) head to the IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue at W. 3rd Street, NYC) and spend the evening with Crispin Glover (Back to the Future, Wild at Heart, River’s Edge). The show starts with a live performance of Crispin Glover’s Big Slide Show, followed by a screening of What is it?, the first film in Glover’s It trilogy, a Q&A with Mr. Glover, and a book signing. Tickets are twenty bucks, and the whole thing begins at 7:30 pm, Friday through Sunday (Feb. 9th – 11th).