It’s Alive! BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Reboot Still in the Works
Mike Sprague
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Jurassic Park and Stir of Echoes screenwriter David Koepp says Universal is seeking directors for his new take on Bride of Frankenstein.
Koepp tells Collider: “During quarantine – I brought back Bride of Frankenstein into a place where I kind of always wanted it to be. Universal was very gracious to let me try again. Because they had geared up and shut down famously in the Dark Universe fiasco. Well, not fiasco, but disappointment. So I have a version now and they have a version that we all really like. I think they’re talking to directors now.”
He added: “It’s not the great big, $150 million extravaganza with giant movie stars. It’s not as scaled-down as Invisible Man but much more reasonable, doable thing…a really cool idea and it’s all present day.“
He added: “What I admired about Universal is they threw their hands up and went, ‘Hold on. This isn’t working out. Let’s stop and think for a year or two.’ I thought that was really smart. And big corporations don’t often do that. There aren’t a lot of New Coke moments where they go, ‘This is not as we hoped. We’re going to stop and go off on this other direction.’“
Bill Condon (Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh) was originally set to take the helm of the reboot back in the Dark Universe days of old.
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After recovering from injuries sustained in the mob attack upon himself and his creation, Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) falls under the control of his former mentor, Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger), who insists the now-chastened doctor resume his experiments in creating new life. Meanwhile, the Monster (Boris Karloff) remains on the run from those who wish to destroy him without understanding that his intentions are generally good despite his lack of socialization and self-control.
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