Submitted by Peter Oberth on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 9:48AM
Source: Empire
With Guillermo Del Toro's hands full with The Hobbit for the forseeable, it looks like the next Frankenstein adaptation we get will be based on Prodigal Son, the first in a series of novels by Dean Koontz. Far from being a straight take on Mary Shelley's original, Koontz's Frankenstein series (the first was co-written with Kevin J Anderson and the second with Ed Gorman) sees two modern-day New Orleans detectives on the hunt for a serial killer known as The Surgeon. This peaks the interest of low-key monster Deucalion* who suspects the handiwork of his creator, and dedicates himself to battling his evil. Later instalments see Frankenstein cypher Viktor Helios (just don't call him Froonk-oon-shteen) unleashing an army of engineered undead. As if New Orleans hadn't had enough to contend with recently. Producers Ralph Winter and Terry Botwick have their eye on a franchise, and are developing the project with 1019 Entertainment. Winter was part of the team behind the original X-Men trilogy, so he clearly has an eye for a potent property, although he was also part responsible for Fantastic Four and Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes. This all sounds more Roger Corman than James Whale, but it could potentially be fun. Still, if people are going to be adapting twists on the Frankenstein mythos, we'd rather they went for Peter Ackroyd. Title: Prodigal Son |
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Originally a USA network mini-series
This was originally going to be a made for cable (Usa network) mini-series. It was to be produced by Martin Scorsesse and Koontz. It fell apart because of the views of Koontz and Usa network. Koontz released a book based on the screenplay. That is what I remember reading about this story, when I tried to read this very uneven book. Probably because it wasn't concieved as a novel originally. With the right director this could be a great film idea.
About Time But
This actually was a miniseries which was not finished. It is on DVD and I have rented it hoping that it was going to be as good as the novels but it was crap. Hopefully this is a good adaptation even if it took Koontz a million years to write the final book in the series which wasn't even that great.
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