However, the production was delayed by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike; as a result, Eisner instead made "The Crazies" (2010), the number-one project on his priority list. His new goal was to finish "The Crazies" and then begin filming "Creature from the Black Lagoon" in Manaus, Brazil, and on the Amazon River in Peru. Eisner was inspired to shoot on location by the film "Fitzcarraldo", and the boat set had been built. Eisner continued to rewrite the script, which was to be a summer blockbuster full of "action and excitement, but scary". Eisner spent six months designing the new incarnation of the Gill-man with Mark McCreery ("Jurassic Park", and Davy Jones' designer). The director said the new design was "very faithful to the original, but updated" and that the Gill-man would still remain sympathetic.