We thought we were done with old school horror monsters in film after the failure of Joe Johnston’s Wolf Man. Instead of Universal, it looks like Sony wants to try their hand at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. According to Deadline, it will be a contemporary version of the classic to be produced by former Sony co-president Matt Tolmach.
It starts with the vampires, followed by the werewolves, then it’s Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, and his buddy the Mummy. These constant remakes of classic horror characters won’t stop, and the latest revamp will come courtesy of horror writer Dean Koontz and his take on the Frankenstein monster. Are you excited?
Frankenstein is back! Death Ray Films director Patrick Tatopoulos has signed on to bring the upcoming Darkstorm Comics title I, Frankenstein to the big screen. It will be based on the comic by Underworld creator, Kevin Grevioux who will be working on the project along with Tatopoulos. The film is supposed to have a more mentally developed version of Frankenstein’s monster who plays a no-nonsense taking detective, while Dracula plays the role of a crime kingpin. The image we have below for you, from AICN, is of the bride in the film. It is unbelievable how with no hair and crazy fang-like fingers she still looks very feminine. This only makes me more anxious to see the movie.
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Guillermo del Toro, the man who brought you monster movie hits like Hellboy and its sequel, is starting work on another big movie, Frankenstein. Although he is still working on The Hobbit which will be out in 2011 and The Hobbit 2 in 2012, they are starting to do tests for the movie since they have the luxury of time on their side. Doug Jones, del Toro’s go-to-guy says although it is not official, he will probably play the monster lead.
Busy director, producer, and writer Guillermo del Toro recently opened up about a few of his most high profile projects. According to SciFiSquad del Toro gave up some goodies regarding his Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit, and his horror adaptation Frankenstein. It’s usually like pulling teeth to get this man to spill the beans, but he let us in on a few key castings for the two films.
I’m getting a bit jaded when it comes to all of these comic book adaptations studios are picking up. With so many being produced at once, they’re either going to run out of material or start creating books just for the sake of making a movie out of it. According to THR, a film version of the upcoming DarkStorm Comic I, Frankenstein is being developed by Underworld co-creator Kevin Grevioux, director Patrick Tatopoulos, and Death Ray Films. So we can add this one on to the pile of growing comic based features.
