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Legendary Comics & Rocketship Launch Frankenstein & Dracula Double Bill Kickstarter
In cooperation with Karloff Enterprises, Legendary Comics and Rocketship Entertainment have announced the Frankenstein and Dracula Double Bill Kickstarter launch today.
The new graphic novel is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Starring Boris Karloff, a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel featuring an all-new original design of actor Boris Karloff reimagined as Frankenstein’s creature and produced with the cooperation of Sara Karloff, the late actor’s only child.
In addition, With the cooperation of Lugosi LLC, 2020’s Rondo Awards winning Bram Stoker’s Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi graphic novel will be re-offered as a one-time-only 2-book set Kickstarter tier for this special double bill. The campaign can be backed HERE.
Sara Karloff is an executive consultant on the project. The book reunites some of the creative team behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Artists and designers Kerry Gammill (Power Man and Iron Fist) and El Garing (Lost in Space, Science of Ghosts).
“The faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula starring the likeness of Bela Lugosi was so well received, the natural next step was to team with Sara Karloff and Karloff Enterprises to bring an all-new vision of the creature to life featuring the iconic face of actor Boris Karloff,” said Robert Napton, Senior Vice President, Comics at Legendary Entertainment.
“My introduction to Legendary Comics was their fantastic work on the Dracula graphic novel. When they approached me to do one with my father as a new version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, I thought it couldn’t happen soon enough,” said Sara Karloff of Karloff Enterprises.
The Kickstarter will run for one month, concluding on April 1, 2023.
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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