Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau Coming Back to Life; Film and Graphic Novel?!
John Squires
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I’m pretty sure there hasn’t been a film released this year that’s more fascinating than Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau, which tells the tale of Stanley’s failed quest to direct New Line’s 1996 adaptation of the classic story. It’s on VOD right now, and it’s highly recommended.
The hope for many was that the documentary would someday pave the way for Stanley to get a second chance at bringing his singular vision of The Island of Dr. Moreau to the screen, and that day may not be too far off. Read on!
Per Bloody Disgusting, Stanley conducted a Q&A session after the recent Belgian premiere of Lost Soul, and while there he made some interesting and highly exciting comments about the near future.
“The reception of the doc has put The Island of Dr. Moreau back in pre-production. In two or three years the whole thing will happen again,” writes BD’s Jonny Bunning. “Since January this year he has completed a new draft of the movie and has also been approached by Humanoids, a French comic company, to adapt the screenplay into a three-book graphic novel! This will be hitting shelves next year.”
Can I get a hallelujah?!
Lost Soul Synopsis:
Directed by David Gregory, Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau is the sensational story of what could have been a science fiction masterpiece, which became a huge creative and financial disaster, the story of the outsider artist versus the Hollywood machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4xun1vi4C0
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