Warner Bros. announced in July 2017 that it will produce this fourth reboot of the classic 1956 film. Three other versions have been produced since the original: Invasion of the Body snatchers (1978), Body Snatchers (1993), and The Invasion (2007).
Warner Brothers tapped veteran horror scribe David Leslie Johnson (Orphan, The Conjuring 2, The Walking Dead) to write the screenplay and sci-fi/action mainstay John Davis (I, Robot, Predator, Chronicle) to produce in July 2017, but as of March 2021, Johnson was no longer attached as writer. A director also hadn't been announced.