Bride of Frankenstein was long set for a major remake movie treatment from Universal as part of the “Dark Universe,” a continuity-unified Marvel-esque movie franchise for which the exorbitantly-produced Tom Cruise-headlined 2017 remake of The Mummy was designed as the kick off. Of course, that movie flopped spectacularly, derailing the Dark Universe plans, leaving Bride at the proverbial pre-production altar. However, said Bride remake may still have a chance to scream on the big screen.
David Koepp, a veteran screenwriter who previously took a turn—as did several other scribes—on a rewrite of Universal’s Dark-Universe-intended Bride of Frankenstein script, divulged that the remake is… well, alive, and looking for a director. In an interview with Collider, Koepp dispelled the notion that Bride was taken off Universal’s developmental slate, revealing that a combination of circumstances from the implosion of the Dark Universe and a Covid-19 lockdown yielded him...
David Koepp, a veteran screenwriter who previously took a turn—as did several other scribes—on a rewrite of Universal’s Dark-Universe-intended Bride of Frankenstein script, divulged that the remake is… well, alive, and looking for a director. In an interview with Collider, Koepp dispelled the notion that Bride was taken off Universal’s developmental slate, revealing that a combination of circumstances from the implosion of the Dark Universe and a Covid-19 lockdown yielded him...
- 6/12/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
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