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Has ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ Been Resurrected?
Three months ago, Universal shut down production on Bride of Frankenstein, which was to be directed by Bill Condon.
Javier Bardem had been in talks to play Frankenstein’s Monster with Angelina Jolie in discussion to play his reanimated, reluctant mate. At the time, it was reported that the film went back to the lab to do some more work on the script.
Things got even worse when writer-producers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan, who were hired as Universal’s “Dark Universe” architects, departed the franchise. This didn’t mean an end to their planned universe, but a retooling.
Now, Omega Underground is reporting that Universal has finally found a new crew to help resurrect Bride of Frankenstein, the second “Monster” film that follows Tom Cruise‘s The Mummy.
The crew includes cinematographer Tobias A. Schliessler (Lone Survivor, Beauty and The Beast, A Wrinkle In Time), production designer Sarah Greenwood (Darkest Hour, Beauty and The Beast, Atonement, Sherlock Holmes), composer Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, True Grit, No Country For Old Men, Three Billboards), and costume designer Jacqueline Durran (Beauty and The Beast, Atonement, Darkest Hour).
This is all exciting, although it doesn’t tell us who is producing. We are still in the dark in regards to direction of the film, as well as the universe. Will Cruise return? Is Jolie still in talks or would they move on to someone like Wonder Woman‘s Gal Gadot, who was allegedly targeted by Universal execs?
We’ll keep you posted as things begin to develop.
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Christopher Landon to Helm Feature Adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s ‘The Final Girl Support Group’
A new feature adaptation of author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is now on the way from Paramount Pictures, and Deadline reports that it’s found its director in Christopher Landon (Drop, Happy Death Day).
The two previously collaborated on My Best Friend’s Exorcism.
In The Final Girl Support Group, “Lynette is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece.”
“But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.”
I wrote in my novel review for BD, “Hendrix puts his characters through the absolute wringer. It’s a bloody, vicious voyage for the flawed heroine, both physically and emotionally. In terms of action and horror, Support Group delivers breakneck pacing and thrills.”
Five years ago, Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti (Mama, It, It Chapter Two) were attached to produce a planned series adaptation for HBO Max alongside Charlize Theron. While Theron is no longer producing, the Muschiettis remain on board under their Double Dream label.
Paramount Pictures is also developing Hendrix’s sci-fi novella, BadAsstronauts.
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