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'Enchanted' Director Takes on Femme Dr. Frankenstein
Filed under: Comedy », Horror », Romance », Deals », Distribution »
Enchanted director Kevin Lima is on board to direct a new version of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel Frankenstein. Frank has a helluva twist, though; the scientist cooking up cadavers is an "antisocial" young woman in med school who decides to "create" her own friends. And... it's a romantic comedy. Can you say undead boyfriend?!According to Variety, the writer and one of the executive producers of this potentially awesome project is Karey Kirkpatrick, the writer of The Spiderwick Chronicles, Charlotte's Web, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and James and the Giant Peach, among others. He also directed the Eddie Murphy vehicle Imagine That,
Both Lima and Kirkpatrick have a bunch of projects that are in development, although Lima's have more of a family-friendly vibe (The Spook's Apprentice, Candy Land, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, and Thumb). Kirkpatrick's optioned projects include writing, directing, and producing Captain Abdul's Pirate School, about a girl who is sent to pirate school and plans a mutiny against their evil school principal slash lead pirate, as well as the more adult-minded The Best a Man Can Get, which he is also writing, producing and directing.
Based on distributor Fox 2000's track record, Frank could be focused more on the rom-com than the potential for blood and a cool chick lead, but maybe indie production company Radar Pictures (the peeps behind Richard Kelley's The Box, and remakes of The Amityville Horror and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, among a number of other projects) will make sure that we get a dash of gore with our giggles and girly goodness.
I'm voting for Kat Dennings as our protagonist -- she's smart, snarky, and sweet, and she plays the perfect "outsider." Who would you cast?
(Thanks to Zach for noting that Kirkpatrick is a man. Oops.)
Quickhits: Darrell Hammond Loves Dogs, Sale for Office Girl, More for Disturbia, Xanadu Heads to the Stage
Filed under: Drama », Independent », Music & Musicals », Thrillers », Casting », Deals », Fox Searchlight », Family Films », Newsstand », Remakes and Sequels », Cinematical Indie »
Today's odds and ends:- Now that Bill Clinton is out of the public eye, Darrell Hammond is so desperate for work that he's agreed to appear in a movie in which he'll play second-fiddle to a dog. Directed by Alan Shapiro (of The Crush "fame"), the film is called Frank, and "centers on an abandoned dog who ingratiates himself with a family vacationing on an idyllic island." Poor Darrell.
- The latest movie headed to the stage is none other than Xanadu, the completely kick ass Olivia Newton-John roller-skating musical that all the cool kids try to pretend they don't like. Liars. Don't even try to tell me you can resist this movie - come on, people, that's Gene Kelly! (Unfortunately, we're going to have to wait until 2007 to see the stage version, dammit all.) Until then, we can simulate the experience by humming Magic, and trying to find a way to see the world through a thin layer of dreamy gauze.
- Great news for Shia LaBeouf: he's not going to have to act all alone in Disturbia. Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, and Sara Roemer have all been added to the cast of D.J. Caruso's thriller. Without reading anything more than the cast list and based entirely on how scary he is, I think it's safe to assume that Morse plays the bad guy. And yeah, he does. In case you've forgotten, the film tells the story of a troubled high school student (that's Shia) who "becomes convinced that his neighbor [Morse, of course] is a serial killer." It's scheduled to begin shooting this week.
- Playwright/The Office star Mindy Kaling recently sold a pitch - something about sororities - to Fox Searchlight's new teen division. (A teen division? Are we suffering from a shortage of teen movies, or something?) Seriously, the sorority setting is all the detail Variety has. If all you have to do to sell a pitch is name a place where young boobs often are, I'm so packing my bags. "College bar!" "Model apartment!" "Fashion show!" Hollywood, here I come.
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