New "Frankenstein" Films

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Remember when Frankenstein was a brutal killing machine cobbled together from the limbs of the dead? Remember when he was a lumbering weapon of awesome destruction? Remember when he was the lead in that whimsical romantic comedy?

Word is out today from Variety that Fox 2000 has tagged Enchanted filmmaker Kevin Lima for a "romantic" take on the classic character to be called, hold your heart, Frank.

Offical synopsis states:

"Story centers on a teenage prodigy who's on the cutting edge of cell research in medical school and is encouraged by her guidance counselor to take a break from the lab and make some friends. After several unsuccessful attempts at socializing with her peers, she decides to use her scientific prowess and piece together a friend out of the med school's instructional cadavers."

So...who's laughing?

[neverending]

Weird Science redux.

[scouse mac]

A Frankenstein meets Twilight flick? No thanks.....

[VampiricClown]

Makes me think a little bit, of the movie........(Highlight below. Slasherman would put me on ignore)

May (2002)

[Zero]

whatever happend to slasherman? i've not seen him pop up in months (maybe years)

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Lakeshore, the production-financing outfit behind the “Underworld” movie series, is readying what it hopes will be its next action-horror franchise, “I, Frankenstein.”

The company has preemptively picked up the script for the comic book adaptation from Death Ray Films, which began developing the project in April.

The project has “Underworld” roots. It’s based on a comic from “Underworld” co-creator Kevin Grevioux, who wrote the script for “Frankenstein,” and “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” helmer Patrick Tatopoulos is attached to direct.

The project brings together classic monster characters — including the Frankenstein monster and Dracula — in a contemporary film noir setting.

The monster, for example, has evolved; he has learned how to control his anger and is a private investigator. Dracula, meanwhile, is a crime kingpin. The story sees the monster as the only thing standing between the human race and an uprising of supernatural creatures.

Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Richard Wright are producing. Grevioux is exec producing with Death Ray’s Robert Sanchez. Chris Patton and Ryan Turek of horror Web site ShockTilYouDrop.com helped develop the project. A July start is being eyed.

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Producer Ralph Winter (The X-Men Trilogy, Star Treks III through VI) and Terry Botwick plan to turn Dean Koontz's Frankenstein books into a series of feature films.

The planned adaptations, developed through their 1019 Entertainment banner, will be a 21st Century take on the Mary Shelly monster. The movie will feature the doctor and his super-human original creation, called Deucalion, in modern-day New Orleans. The goal with these films is to create a movie franchise.

"These books have enough twists and turns to keep the public coming back to the theaters for many years to come," Winter and Botwick said.

Three titles in Koontz's series have been published, with the fourth scheduled for release in June. No word yet on a projected release date for the project.

[phantomstranger]

Timur Bekmambetov Directing Victor Frankenstein?
Source: Production Weekly
March 29, 2010


Production Weekly reports that Wanted helmer Timur Bekmambetov is attached to direct David Auburn's adaptation of Peter Ackroyd novel "Casebook of Victor Frankenstein."

Random House describes the book as follows:

When two nineteenth-century Oxford students—Victor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley—form an unlikely friendship, the result is a tour de force that could only come from one of the world's most accomplished and prolific authors.

This haunting and atmospheric novel opens with a heated discussion, as Shelley challenges the conventionally religious Frankenstein to consider his atheistic notions of creation and life. Afterward, these concepts become an obsession for the young scientist. As Victor begins conducting anatomical experiments to reanimate the dead, he at first uses corpses supplied by the coroner. But these specimens prove imperfect for Victor's purposes. Moving his makeshift laboratory to a deserted pottery factory in Limehouse, he makes contact with the Doomsday men—the resurrectionists—whose grisly methods put Frankenstein in great danger as he works feverishly to bring life to the terrifying creature that will bear his name for eternity.

Filled with literary lights of the day such as Bysshe Shelley, Godwin, Lord Byron, and Mary Shelley herself, and penned in period-perfect prose, The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein is sure to become a classic of the twenty-first century.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

yay no Baron Victor Von Frankenstein

[phantomstranger]

Sony Pictures is Resurrecting Frankenstein
Source: ShockTillYouDrop.com
December 2, 2010


Sony reps have confirmed to us that Craig Fernandez has pitched to the studio and is scripting a modern take on Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."

The last time the monster surfaced in the halls of Sony was when Kenneth Branagh directed Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in 1994.

Fernandez's credits include the upcoming From Prada to Nada and Everything Must Go. No other details regarding his take on the classic Shelley tale have been revealed at this time.


Read more: Sony Pictures is Resurrecting Frankenstein - ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=72089#ixzz170JcQLdd

[phantomstranger]

Stuart Beattie to Tackle I, Frankenstein
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
March 28, 2011


Stuart Beattie is now attached to direct Lakeshore's I, Frankenstein, according to a story at The Hollywood Reporter.

Beattie is primarily known as a writer, having worked on such films as 30 Days of Night, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He will both direct and rewrite the script (from Kevin Grevious, who is executive producing).

The project was first announced to be helmed by Patrick Tatopoulos and features Frankenstein's monster working as a private detective against a noir background and a city inhabited by famous monsters.

Read more: Stuart Beattie to Tackle I, Frankenstein - ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=75677#ixzz1HwPzYaGx

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There are various "Frankenstein" movies currently at some stage of development (one by Guillermo Del Toro; one at Lakeshore; one at Sony; one at Slasher Films...) but there's always room for one more, especially when it's based on an excellent novel by Peter Ackroyd.

Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert's Ghost House Pictures have snatched "The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein", with a screenplay by Proof writer David Auburn.

The central conceit of Ackroyd's book is that young Frankenstein attended University College, Oxford with a certain Percy Bysshe Shelley. Sharing an interest with the poet in the "new science" and its implications regarding religion, God and the existence of the soul, Frankenstein begins experimenting with human reanimation, with a certain amount of Burke-and-Hare-like bodysnatching necessary until the perfect specimen arrives, floating down the Thames in a rowing boat...

It's a witty philosophical / historical / horror story that also involves the resurrectionist Doomsday Men, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and "Vampyre" author Dr John Polidori. A successful film version would need to tread that delicate line between serious literary period drama and horror romp, but having a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright on the script and the skew-wiff horror energy of the "Evil Dead" team in the mix is a very good start.

Sadly Raimi doesn't seem to be personally directly involved, but Tapert is producing along with former FX man Rodrigo Teixeira ("Superman Returns", "Alice in Wonderland") and Ilene Staple, who optioned the book a year or so ago.

[phantomstranger]

Just for the title alone I need to see this:

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=19384

[The Villain]

I was all set to trash this thing but then noticed that Adam Green is doing it so im all for it.

[Nobody]

well , i hope it become really good ^^ but did they say when it began in cinema ?

[phantomstranger]

Fox Developing Frankenstein Tale

Source: Variety
June 22, 2011


20th Century Fox is set to adapt Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, Variety reports, and Max Landis is attached to draft.

Landis, the son of director John Landis, is responsible for the screenplay of the upcoming Chronicle, to be directed by his father and set for release early next year.

Little is known about the specifics of Fox's take on the source material, but Paul Greengrass, Ron Howard and David Yates are among the names said to have expressed an interest in the helming the as-of-yet-untitled project.

Shelley's tale has, lately, been a major source of inspiration for Hollywood. In addition to Guillermo del Toro's long-expressed interest in reimagining the novel and a recent stage version directed by Danny Boyle, Timur Bekmambetov is set to helm a prequel, The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein, based on the Peter Ackroyd novel of the same name. Dean Koontz's own, modern day take on the story is slated for adaptation with Frankenstein: Prodigal Son. Lakeshore is aiming for an original, film noir slant on the monster with their screen version of the comic book I, Frankenstein and Tim Burton plans to return to his filmmaking roots with his Shelley-inspired stop motion release, Frankenweenie.

[ABjerg]

Dunno what to think.

This could turn out really good,

or really bad...

[phantomstranger]

Haley Joel Osment Will Wake the Dead
Source: Variety
June 27, 2011


Haley Joel Osment will headline Wake the Dead, Variety reports, playing Victor Franklin in the modern-day retelling of "Frankenstein."

Based on Steve Niles' (30 Days of Night) graphic novel, the film is set to be directed by Jay Russell (Ladder 49, The Water Horse) and takes place in a present day college.

Wake the Dead will lead the charge of the upcoming "Frankenstein"-inspired films. Mary Shelley's tale has, lately, been a major source of inspiration for Hollywood. In addition to Guillermo del Toro's long-expressed interest in reimagining the novel and a recent stage version directed by Danny Boyle, Timur Bekmambetov is set to helm a prequel, The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein, based on the Peter Ackroyd novel of the same name. Summit Entertainment has another prequel, This Dark Endeavor, based on the novel by Kenneth Oppel. Dean Koontz's own, modern day take on the story is slated for adaptation with Frankenstein: Prodigal Son. Lakeshore is aiming for an original, film noir slant on the monster with their screen version of the comic book I, Frankenstein. 20th Century has announced a currently untitled take and, last but not least, Tim Burton plans to return to his filmmaking roots with his Shelley-inspired stop motion release, Frankenweenie.

Read more: Haley Joel Osment Will Wake the Dead - ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=79058#ixzz1QcGQhxPf

[Nini_luv5]

there was specualtion that he died... weird
ZOMBIE 0.o

[The Villain]

Wait i thought he was like 12? How long has it been since The Sixth Sense came out? :rolleyes:

[ziesha07]

can be the goood one !

[The_Return]

I really hope Del Toro's Frankenstein project gets off the ground. At this point, his is really the only take on the story that I'm interested in seeing. (Though I would have killed to see the Danny Boyle stage version...)

I guess I'll reserve judgement on this. I would really like to see another great film version, I still think there's a lot of potential cinematic mileage...because as much as the Universal version is one of the greatest horror films ever made, its not particularly faithful to the novel. And Branagh's - while significantly more faithful - still left a whole lot to be desired. Normally I'm against stuff like this, but why not...if the right people are doing it, and if they're doing it for the right reasons, there's more than enough room for another great Frankenstein movie.

[phantomstranger]

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=20630