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[beelzebozo]

saw this over at chud, and thought some of you might be interested. i think WOLFMAN looks really stylistically wonderful, and i love some of the ideas being bandied about for these remakes. in particular, my boner for guillermo del toro continues, and his being attached to FRANKENSTEIN just seems perfect. apart from that, as someone who's spent far too many hours watching historical documentaries about vlad dracula narrated by people with awesome creepy voices, i'm totally down with what they're proposing for that as well.

also some news about BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, and WOLFMAN 2 at this link.

Frankenstein. The good news is that Guillermo del Toro is attached to do Frankenstein. The bad news is that he's got so many other projects that it's hard to figure out when he could go. With The Hobbit looming it could be four years before GdT even sits down to really work on this film. But I hope Universal waits - no one loves this character like del Toro does. An avid collector of Frankenstein-related memorabilia, including tons of original artwork from Bernie Wrightson's classic adaptation of the novel (side note: I've seen these pages first hand and what's most amazing about them is that Wrightson uses no White Out and there appear to be no eraser marks on them, despite Wrightson's incredibly intricate style).

Rick Baker told me this weekend that Frankenstein's Monster is the dream character for him, and he's not talking about a reimagining - he wants to do a modern take on the famous Jack Pierce make-up that originated with Boris Karloff in 1931. There are many who think this design, which has been co-opted by cereal and comedy, can no longer scare, but Baker insisted to me that with just some minor tweaks Pierce's vision could be as horrifying today as it was in the 30s.

Dracula. You'd think that a Dracula reboot would be simple in this modern Twilight age, but Universal is doing something much stranger with the character: they're making Dracula Year Zero, a movie about the historical Vlad Tepes Dracula, who inspired Bram Stoker's immortal vampire. But the film, to be directed by Alex Proyas, also weaves in elements of the vampire mythos. The most recent rumors have omnipresent actor Sam Worthington toplining. (beelzebozo's note: UGH)

But it's unclear if this film will be going forward; if it does it has serious competition from another Vlad movie called Vlad the Impaler, and that one is a more straight-ahead story, free of vampire associations. Vampire mania or no, it seems like there's probably only room in the marketplace for one movie about a Romanian genocidal lunatic, so it's quite possible that Universal blinks. I actually would rather they did blink and tried to find something more traditional for Drac.

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

Frankenstein. The good news is that Guillermo del Toro is attached to do Frankenstein.

Do want! I hope it happens and that it's more in line with his Spanish films than his Hollywood stuff.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Worthington > beelzebozo

 

[beelzebozo]

Worthington > beelzebozo

fair enough, but i would suggest you watch my vhs of me starring as ebenezer scrooge in my eighth grade play before you make a judgment. my emotion is more real than anything worthington has done.

 

[Dead Man]

If the Vlad movie is done right it could be amazing.

 

[duckroll]

The Dracula Year Zero thing with Alex Proyas is really old. I remember hearing about it for years now.

 

[Maklershed]

Looking forward to Wolfman.

And in addition to monster remakes .. how about some HG Wells remakes. Especially some of the less handled ones like Food of the Gods.

 

[NotWii]

Sam Worthington as Vlad Tepes?

O_O

Can Sam even do a non-aussie accent?
He kept slipping into the crikey tongue for Avatar