Bride of Frankenstein Remake Would’ve Been “Beautiful, Gothic Horror”

Universal’s Dark Universe died earlier than it may even get off the bottom, certainly one of a number of makes an attempt at constructing a cinematic universe after Marvel’s made it look so cool within the current day. But audiences very a lot stated “yeah, no” to its debut movie, the Tom Cruise-led The Mummy, again in 2017. Among the varied plans there have been for the Dark Universe was a remake of Bride of Frankenstein starring Angelina Jolie because the titular bride and Javier Bardem as her husband, with a deliberate launch for Valentines Day 2019.

Similar to different Universal Monsters like Invisible Man and The Wolfman, the Bride’s movie is reportedly now being rewritten to face by itself with nary a whiff of a cinematic universe in sight. In the meantime, screenwriter David Koepp (Kimi, You Should Have Left) opened up concerning the “dramatic history” of the tried remake to Collider. He described it as a “great big movie,” with Bill Condon (The Greatest Showman, Beauty & the Beast 2017) hooked up to direct. He’d written it with two time durations in thoughts, and for a minimum of the primary one, it wouldn’t have been the mix of motion and horror that The Mummy tried to go for. Set within the 1870s much like different Frankenstein movies, the early elements of the movie would’ve been a “lavish, beautiful, gothic horror production.” That was the plan for “the first 30 or 40 pages,” after which the Bride would’ve “gone inert” earlier than being reawakened 150 years later in our present current.

But then The Mummy got here and fizzled out, taking the Dark Universe with it. Koepp later rewrote the script to be significantly smaller, however that additionally didn’t work out. He’s since left the challenge, and whereas he doesn’t know what’s taking place with the brand new try at a remake, understands that that is simply a part of the screenwriter gig. “Bride is a treasure, obviously, and it doesn’t belong to me. And I got two really good cracks at it, so definitely fair to let someone else have a try.”

While Universal’s making an attempt to determine what to do with the character, Apple and A24 are stated to be taking their very own crack at it. Back in 2020, it was reported that they snagged Scarlett Johansson to play the character in a contemporary retelling merely known as Bride, the place she’s a fabricated spouse who escapes her husband to seek out her true identification and remake herself in her personal picture. It’s…an attention-grabbing premise, however it might have to carry you over till Universal finds a strategy to carry the Bride and her monstrous paramour to cinematic life a second time.

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