Movies
Shawn Levy Confirmed For ‘Frankenstein’?
I’m not exactly sure how this is any different than what we knew last week but Variety is reporting that Shawn Levy has signed on to direct Frankenstein for Fox.
Per Variety, “[the] studio would not confirm Levy’s attachment, and contract details still need to be worked out, but all sides have agreed that he’ll take on the project.” So I’d take this with a grain of salt. I mean, it’s definitely likely that he’ll end up doing the film as I’m sure he’s already accepted some kind of offer. But I’ve seen directors fall off of films for all kinds of reasons even after their deals are done, so who knows what will shake out when the contract is actually drawn up.
Max Landis’ (son of John!) script reportedly adds a sci-fi bent to the material. The bad news is that Levy beat out actual visionary directors like Paul Greengrass and David Yates for the gig. The good news is that there are at least SIX other versions of Frankenstein in development right now.
So maybe one of those will be good. I mean, who knows? Maybe this one will be good too! I just think that Levy is far too workmanlike a director to bring much new to the table.
Released by Eli Roth’s label The Horror Section last year, Joe Begos (VFW, Christmas Bloody Christmas) horror movie Jimmy and Stiggs is getting an official spinoff movie.
Sebastián De Caro has acquired the Argentine spin-off rights to Jimmy and Stiggs from The Horror Section, and his spinoff movie will follow new characters in Argentina.
The title? Burger Night: Luli, Magda & Lore. Eli Roth and Joe Begos will Executive Produce the film, which centers on the same alien threat from Jimmy and Stiggs.
Variety reports this afternoon that the film will feature an all-female cast.
Agostina Palazzolo (“Ciclón), Agustina “Papry” Suásquita (Netflix’s “Envious”) and Maia Tarcic (“Letters to My Ex”) will star in Burger Night: Luli, Magda & Lore.
“I am thrilled with the cast — these are women of extraordinary talent, true cinema lovers, brave and wild. They are going to surprise everyone. Each one understands her character perfectly and they all fell in love with the original material,” Sebastián De Caro said.
In Jimmy and Stiggs…
A perfect storm of lousy news sees out-of-work filmmaker Jimmy spiral into a bender, during which he claims to have been abducted by aliens. Fearing their return, he contacts his old friend Stiggs to help him gear up for war. Begos stars alongside Matt Mercer (Contracted), practical alien puppets, and a whole lot of gore captured on 16mm film.
Daniel Kurland wrote in his review, “The world needs more playful, gonzo small-scale-yet-apocalyptic horror films like Jimmy and Stiggs. It’s a movie that has constant tricks on display and perpetually sprays blood in the audience’s face, but there’s an earnest center to it all.”
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