Hollywood has become overrun with vampires and zombies and lately Snow White and The Wizard of Oz have also been the subjects of multiple projects. Now there’s another familiar character who is the focus of a number of films currently being developed: Frankenstein. It has been reported that David Auburn (Proof) has signed on to write the film adaptation of Peter Ackroyd’s novel The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein, to be produced by Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures. This story follows Frankenstein’s youth, as he begins experimenting with corpses, influenced by the outspoken English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Frankenstein author Mary Shelley will also make an appearance in the film.
Meanwhile, Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) is going to direct an adaptation of Kenneth Oppel’s upcoming novel This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, with a script written by Jacob Estes (Mean Creek). This story’s plot features Frankenstein’s twin brother Konrad, who falls gravely ill, forcing Victor to seek a mysterious old alchemist in order to help him produce the Elixir of Life, which bestows perpetual health. Victor sets out on an adventure to find the three ingredients it requires, accompanied by his best friend Elizabeth.
If that’s not enough, there are others in development, including Guillermo del Toro's (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) remake of the classic 1931 Universal film, a contemporary re-telling of the famous tale recently acquired by Columbia Pictures, and an adaptation based on the graphic novel Wake the Dead, which Guns ‘n’ Roses guitarist Slash’s company Slasher Films is producing.
Emma Hutchings
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