Bill Condon will direct Bride of Frankenstein, to be released February 14, 2019.
Out of all the movies that are being developed for Universal’s Dark Universe, the one I’m personally most interested in is Bride of Frankenstein. The modern day take on director James Whale’s 1935 masterpiece is next after The Mummy, and the reason I’m so excited to see what Universal does with it is because, well, we’ve never actually gotten to know the title character.
While monsters like Frankenstein and the Wolfman have popped up in countless movies over the years, we only got a brief glimpse of the actual Bride in the 1935 version of Bride of Frankenstein. And that’s all we’ve ever seen of her. Needless to say, there’s a whole lot about her story that hasn’t yet been told. And we’re happy to hear that Universal is planning on delving much further into it.
Speaking with Den of Geek, Dark Universe creative force Alex Kurtzman provided some insights into David Koepp‘s script for the 2019 film, which he says is “brilliant.”
“David Koepp wrote a brilliant script. A brilliant script with a very unique structure and a central relationship that I think is gonna be relatable to a lot of people while also being very true to what I believe people love about Bride,” he told the site. “Here’s the weird thing about Bride Of Frankenstein. It is one of the weirdest movies you’ll ever see in your life. It is such a strange film. What amazes me is that the bride doesn’t show up until, what, the last ten minutes of the film? Doesn’t say anything, rejects Frankenstein, he pulls a lever and the building explodes and that’s the end of it. It’s not like she has long monologues, it’s not like you get to know her character, it’s not like she goes out into the world. There’s almost no screen time with her.”
“And yet everybody remembers the iconic look, the hair, who she was. Articles have been written, there’s Halloween costumes,” Kurtzman continued. “It’s an enduring character because there’s something mysterious about her and that look, and the idea that she was created to serve another man. Which is gonna be an interesting thing to tackle in this day and age. It might be something we subvert in our film. It will be really interesting to see where we go because I actually think that Bride is maybe a lot more accessible as a character than you may think. Mostly because she’s not really a character yet based on the original Bride Of Frankenstein.”
Last we heard, Universal wanted Angelina Jolie for the role of the Bride.
