We learned back in September that Universal Studios has linked up with Paul Feig to write and direct an original movie titled Dark Army, which is said to include both original characters created by Feig as well as characters from Universal’s classic monster library. Chatting with Coming Soon this week, Feig teased a “James Whale-ish” vision for his new movie.
(The late James Whale was one of Universal’s top directors during the classic monsters boom, directing Frankenstein, The Old Dark House, The Invisible Man and Bride of Frankenstein.)
“I’m a mega-fan of those old horror movies,” Feig told the site. “Bride of Frankenstein is probably one of the greatest movies of all-time. I love that movie so much, and there are some things from that movie that I’m using in this new movie Dark Army. But I really want to do a James Whale-ish, modern day version of a monster movie that is about these characters.”
Feig continued, “I want to bring that ookie spookie feel back to movies, but with these monsters you root for and understand at the same time.”
“I finished the first draft of the script and I’m so excited about it! I’m literally on fire about getting this movie made as soon as I can. I turned it into the Dark Universe people last week and they loved it. Now it’s going over to the heads of Universal, so we’ll see.”