Guillermo Del Toro and his Frankenstein

Frankenstein!

In what must be one of the more interesting adaptations to come in the future, Guillermo del Toro will be working on a Frankenstein adaptation. And he’s planning Doug Jones to play the role of the iconic monster. Details are pretty sparse right now, and I wouldn’t expect this movie to start getting serious anytime before 2010, but it’s pretty interesting all the same.

This news come from ShockTillYouDrop, who interrogated him while on the red carpet at the Hellboy II premiere.

Del Toro will be sticking to the original vision that Mary Shelley had for Frankenstein: “Tall, pale with blackened lips, achingly beautiful but completely flawed.” Del Toro also mentioned Berni Wrightson, famed comic artist and horror illustrator for designing the look of Frankenstein. Apparently, the movie is still so early that Del Toro was surprised when he was enquired about it.

Del Toro has an actor in mind for Victor Frankenstein as well, but refused to mention him. No Igor either. We wonder how the “It’ ALIVE!!!” scene will turn out here. Very intriguing indeed!

Christopher Tolkien wants “Hobbit” film rights back!

Gollum

In what appears to be a perfect imitation of Gollum, Christopher Tolkien, son of every geek’s superhero – J.R.R. Tolkien is demanding the rights to the The Hobbit movie back. And you’d think the movie’s production could go unhindred for just three months. So why is the 83 year old Tolkien guarding his precious with such protection? Hit the jump to find out!

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