Variety reports:
With the half-dozen or so Frankenstein-themed projects percolating in Hollywood, it looks like “Wake the Dead” is getting up off the gurney first, with Haley Joel Osment set to star in the retelling that’s set in the present day.
Jay Russell will helm the horror pic based on the graphic novels by Steven Niles, with Osment playing the role of Victor Franklin, a college student experimenting with reversing death.
This one is under the horror banner of Slasher Films, which was formed by Saul Hudson (a.k.a. Slash of G&R fame) last year. It is, however, the first of the thousand Frankenstein pictures to start casting. Does it raise my hopes up? No. Could it kill Osment’s career? Hopefully not.
What do you think of Osment waking the dead and not just seeing them?
