Oscar winning composer Michael Giacchino, who made his directorial debut on the Marvel Studios Disney+ special Werewolf by Night, has chosen to remake the 1954 classic Them! for his next project.

In the original sci-fi by Gordon Douglas, a huge nest of irradiated ants is discovered in the New Mexico desert and becomes a national threat when two young queen ants and their consorts escape to set up new nests. The national search that ensues culminates in a battle in spillways and storm drains of Los Angeles.

The flick was one of the first of many 1950s “nuclear monster” films, and the first “big bug” feature film. “There’s always a movie in your mind that never leaves your head,” Giacchino told Deadline, “For me, that’s Them! It wasn’t until much later in life until I learned what it was about — the nuclear age.”

“What I love about Them! is exactly what it’s called: Them!,” he adds. “It’s about the other, the unknown which one refuses or can’t understand.”

“The current version of Them! is about immigration,” teases Giacchiano of his updated vision, “and to tell a story about the subject through a lens of this insane science fiction monster movie.”

Giacchino is reportedly in the process of meeting with writers for the project.