Hope they can make use of the Bradbury building.
More on the TV episode (SPOILERS) here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_with_a_glass_hand), and the episode itself is free on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/watch/155121). That does raise the issue of how, since the story is all about the mysterious gaps in Trent's history and how he fills them in, they will deal with the story's ending being known.
‘The Outer Limits’ Movie in the Works From MGM, Scott Derrickson (Exclusive)
Scott Derrickson, the writer-director who just signed on to helm Doctor Strange, is tackling another storied genre property.
Derrickson is reuniting with his Sinister co-scribe, C. Robert Cargill, to write the big-screen take on the cult classic 1960s sci-fi TV series The Outer Limits for MGM.
I have a bad feeling about this. Remakes of classics rarely turn out as well as the original.
The episode, as it stands, would be hard to remake any more tautly or powerfully. Simply remaking it in a 2+ hour format probably wouldn't work.
So assume it's expanded (e.g., the "coast to coast" chase that Ellison originally had in mind). That could work, filling in those "ten days" and maybe ending up at the Bradbury Bldg, "so close, and yet so far."
Or do something else. The trick with any remake is bringing something new and fresh, while maintaining enough of the spirit, and at least some concrete elements, of the original, to make it be a worthwhile remake.
It's possible to do — but, yeah, it's passingly rare. Here's hoping.