There is something so appealing about the old monster movies. I mean, even though they are all made far before my time, I still feel a nostalgic connection to them. Maybe because I grew up prior to the CGI revolution and the true monster movies were those old classics that “modern” cinema was never able to compare to. Who knows?
I think that’s the main reason so many of us were excited about that train wreck “Van Helsing” when it was coming out. Dracula, Frankenstein, the wolfman… all in one movie! It was going to be awesome right? Ugggg.
Anyway, word has come out that another classic monster is getting made into a film. The Bride Of Frankenstein. Cinema Blend gives us this:
THR’s Risky Biz Blog is reporting that The Lucky One writer-director Neil Burger has been picked to write the screenplay, along with Dirk Wittenborn. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini had previously been onboard, and planned to set the story in modern-day New York; apparently Burger won’t really be working with that concept. In the original 1935 Bride movie the titular character, played by Elsa Lanchester, wasn’t so much a main character as a plot device. But Burger seems to have bigger plans for the lady in white.
I love the idea, but I’m not sure how they do it without a Frankenstein movie first. I’m sure they’ve got a concept and I can’t wait to see what direction they take it in.
