Sean Bean Starring in The Frankenstein Chronicles
John Squires
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The Universal Monsters are all the rage at the moment, with the studio planning on rebooting them all in Marvel-inspired fashion. On top of that universe, several unrelated projects are also in the works, and yet another one has just come along to further confuse things. Read on!
Deadline reports today that ITV has ordered six-part period crime drama “The Frankenstein Chronicles” to be produced by Rainmark Films. Blending the investigation and horror genres, it hails from Emmy-nominated director and writer Benjamin Ross and writer Barry Langford.
Billed as a thrilling and terrifying re-imagining of the Frankenstein myth, the series will star Sean Bean as Inspector John Marlott. It has been commissioned for air on ITV’s subscription channel ITV Encore, the first original drama for the pay outlet since it launched earlier this year. Shooting starts in Northern Ireland in January.
Set in 1827 London, the drama begins when Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel recruits Marlott after a successful operation by Thames River Police to apprehend a gang of opium smugglers. As Marlott stands on the water’s edge contemplating the arrests, he makes a shocking discovery: A corpse washed up on the shore is not what it seems at first glance.
Instead, it’s a crude assembly of body parts arranged in a grotesque parody of a human form. The mutilated child-like body leaves an indelible impression on Marlott, who is tasked by Peel with tracking the perpetrator of this heinous crime. As he investigates, Marlott discovers that what he’s dealing with is more horrific than he could possibly have imagined.
“The Frankenstein Chronicles” will be produced by David Tanner for Rainmark Films (Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight) and Carol Moorhead (Line of Duty). Executive Producers are Rainmark Films’ Tracey Scoffield (Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, Dirty Pretty Things) and Frank Doelger (“Game of Thrones”). Ross will direct the series.
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