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Aaron Eckhart To Become ‘I, Frankenstein’

Sandy Schaefer — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:30:27 +0000

Hollywood has a serious case of Frankenstein fever (among other things…) and is pressing ahead with yet another project inspired by Mary Shelly’s famous sci-fi/horror novel: I, Frankenstein, an adaptation of the comic book written by Underworld co-creator Kevin Grevioux.

The film has a writer/director onboard, in the form of Stuart Beattie, the co-writer of the first Pirates of the Caribbean and G.I. Joe movies – as well as sole scriber of Michael Mann’s Collateral and a script collaborator on director David Slade’s horror comic book adaptation, 30 Days of Night.

Aaron Eckhart will headline I, Frankenstein, which is not actually a re-imagining of Shelly’s iconic story. Instead, it’s a semi-sequel which supposes that Victor Frankenstein’s famous monster did not commit suicide as it vowed to do, following the death of its creator ...

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Shawn Levy Set To Direct The ‘Frankenstein’ Retelling

Sandy Schaefer — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:32:35 +0000

Word got out just a week ago that director Shawn Levy was eying 20th Century Fox’s new Frankenstein project, with the intention of making it (not the Fantastic Voyage remake) his followup to this fall’s boxing robots flick, Real Steel.

Reports are in that Levy has actually signed on for the flick, which will be fast-tracked for development – in order to beat out the half-dozen other Frankenstein-oriented movies currently in the works.

Variety says that Levy is set to take on Fox’s Frankenstein retelling, thereby besting other candidates like Harry Potter franchise helmer David Yates and Paul Greengrass – who, as coincidence would have it, was briefly attached to direct the Fantastic Voyage remake before he moved on and Levy was hired for the job.

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Shawn Levy May Direct ‘Frankenstein’ For Fox; Off ‘Fantastic Voyage’?

Rob Frappier — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:13:14 +0000

Forget about vampires, Frankenstein is the new hotness in Hollywood and every studio is getting on board. Matt Reeves is directing This Dark Endeavor for Summit Entertainment. Sony is planning a contemporary take on Frankenstein. Guillermo del Toro has talked about a Frankenstein movie. The list goes on and on.

Now, we can add one more name to the list of people bringing Mary Shelley’s tragic horror tale to the big screen. According to reports, Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) is attached to direct a Frankenstein film for Twentieth Century Fox.

Deadline has the scoop that Levy is attached to the film, writing that while Levy has numerous potential projects, Frankenstein is likely going to be his next film. Eagle-eyed Screen Ranters may recall that Levy was recently attached to ...

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Matt Reeves Set To Direct ‘This Dark Endeavor’

Sandy Schaefer — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:51:24 +0000

Let Me In didn’t exactly light up the box office last fall, but writer/director Matt Reeves has experienced no difficulty in getting hired on for additional work. Now he is reportedly set to (at some point) helm yet another supernatural horror film – This Dark Endeavor, a prequel of sorts that explores the history of Victor Frankenstein prior to his days of violating the laws of nature.

Certain readers will recall that this isn’t the only in-development project that Reeves has been connected to of late. He’s also in line to write and direct an adaptation of the sci-fi paranoia thriller “8 O’Clock in the Morning” (a.k.a. the short story that inspired They Live) and call the shots on an adaptation of the post-apocalyptic vampire tale, The Passage.

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Summit Picks Up Frankenstein Origin Story, ‘This Dark Endeavor’

Sandy Schaefer — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:40:39 +0000

Who out there has always wanted to learn more about what exactly drove Victor Frankenstein to become the brilliant but maniacal scientist who sought to defy death in Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel? Kenneth Opel did at least, and he organized his thoughts on the matter into a book he dubbed This Dark Endeavor, which will be published this summer.

Summit Entertainment has won the movie rights to Opel’s work, which is fully titled This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein. The studio has brought onboard a specialist (or something like that) in the field of teens, romance, and the supernatural to produce the pic, in the form of Karen Rosenfelt (Twilight).

Deadline broke the news about Summit’s acquisition of This Dark Endeavor, an action-adventure tale that follows a young (presumably, adolescent) Victor ...

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Sony Making Contemporary Version of ‘Frankenstein’

Ross Miller — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:47:02 +0000

Along with Dracula and The Mummy, Frankenstein (actually “Frankenstein’s monster”) represents one of THE classic movie monsters, made famous by Universal in the early 1930s.

80 years later there have been many-a-version of Frankenstein portrayed on the big-screen, in everything from the classic 1931 film starring Boris Karloff to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the latter of which was directed by Kenneth Branagh (Thor) and starred Robert De Niro as the monster itself/himself.

Now we’re hearing word that one of the big studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, has decided to get back in on the classic movie monster scene – following the aforementioned De Niro version – as the studio is set to develop a new contemporary version of Mary Shelley’s original Frankenstein tale.

Deadline reports the news that Matt Tolmach is at the center of a preemptive pitch deal ...

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Raimi & del Toro Talk ‘The Hobbit’, ‘World of Warcraft’, ‘Hellboy 3′ and More

Kofi Outlaw — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:49:42 +0000

Our friend Steve “Frosty” Weintraub over at Collider is one hard working man. If you’ve ever read a day of his Twitter account then you already know that he spends enough time jet setting to give George Clooney’s character in Up In The Air a run for his frequent flyer miles.

Frosty’s specialty is nabbing great celebrity interviews – a skill which not only helps his site standout from the pack, but also helps clear up the rampant rumors the rest of us blogosphere types spend our days “reporting,” by getting official words straight from the horses’ mouths.

Directors Sam Raimi and Guillermo del Toro have been the centers of a lot of controversy in the past few months: ...

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Dean Koontz’s ‘Frankenstein’ Series Headed to the Big Screen

Rob Frappier — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:40:32 +0000

From the trendy teenage vampires of Twilight to the savage R-rated horror of The Wolfman (see our review here), it seems that everywhere you look in Hollywood these days you will find studios looking to cash in on classic movie monsters. Is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the next classic monster tale to see revived interest from movie makers?

There are already a couple of Frankenstein films on the horizon, such as Lakeshore Entertainment’s contemporary fantasy I, Frankenstein and director Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, but now we can add one more adaptation to the list. According to Variety, producers Ralph Winter and Terry Botwick are bringing Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein series of novels to the big screen through their production company, 1019 Entertainment.

If you’re unfamiliar with Koontz’s take on Frankenstein, which began in 2005 with his book Prodigal Son and ...

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Classic Movie Monsters vs. Modern Movie Monsters

Paul Young — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:29:18 +0000

It’s classic movie monster time! I was going to wait until Christmas to talk about this, but now seemed like a more appropriate time. We are going to compare the original black and white movie monsters (and the actors who brought them to life), against more modern versions and actors to see who comes out on top.

I know there are dozens of classic monsters, including the Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Fly, giant robots, aliens, and over-sized insects/animals, but I’m going to focus on the more famous literary monsters : Frankenstein’s monster, The Wolf Man, Dracula and The Mummy.

Let’s start with my favorite character, Frankenstein’s monster. Most people incorrectly refer to the monster AS Frankenstein – but actually, author Mary Shelley never gave the creature a name. In the 1818 novel, Shelley writes about mad scientist ...

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Doug Jones Talks Frankenstein, The Hobbit, & Hellboy 3

Rob Frappier — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:18:39 +0000

Judging from their work together on Hellboy, Hellboy 2, and Pan’s Labyrinth, when director Guillermo del Toro gets together with actor Doug Jones, good things usually happen. So, naturally, in casting his many upcoming projects, Del Toro has turned to the highly talented Jones again. In an interview with SCI FI Wire, Jones spoke about his involvement in Del Toro’s upcoming films, Frankenstein, The Hobbit, and possibly Hellboy 3.

I’ve excerpted some of the best parts of the interview below, but make sure to check out the full interview, which is linked at the bottom of the page.

On Frankenstein:

“Guillermo did say to the press that he’s already cast me as his monster, but we’ve yet to talk about it. But in his mind, if that’s what he’s decided, then it’s ...

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Guillermo del Toro: The Hobbit Casting Confirmations & More!

Rob Keyes — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:01:37 +0000

In unsurprising but awesome news, busy man Guillermo del Toro confirmed today some of what most fans have been expecting for a long time in regards to some role reprisals in The Hobbit by a few of our favorite actors and characters from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

According to del Toro in a BBC Radio interview with regards to The Hobbit, Hugo Weaving will again be playing Lord Elrond, Sir Ian McKellen will be back as our favorite bearded wizard, Gandalf the Grey, and last but not least, the talented Andy Serkis will be back as Gollum.

Last week, del Toro revealed that they’ve narrowed down the candidates of who will play Bilbo Baggins to just one and that we’d likely ...

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Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein

Heath McKnight — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:16:40 +0000

While at the red carpet premiere of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Guillermo Del Toro told Shock Till You Drop that his project after The Hobbit films will be an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. What stood out for me was when he said Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein was “the only vision… of the monster I’ve ever latched onto…”

That’s awesome!

The thought of Del Toro, an amazing filmmaker using Bernie Wrightson’s faithful adaptation to create the look of the monster has me really excited. But why stop there? How about basing a lot of the production design of the movie on Wrightson’s material? Maybe hiring Bernie would be a fantastic idea! (Hint hint).

When I was much younger, I fell in love with Frankenstein; I loved the Karloff version best, and ...

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