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Fox Taps Max Landis to Pen Frankenstein Project

by Jason Barr    Posted: June 22nd, 2011 at 5:29 pm

20th Century Fox has thrown its hat into the Frankenstein ring, hiring Max Landis (Chronicle) to pen a take on the Mary Shelley 1818 classic. Per Variety, the project is still in its infancy and the studio has yet to even put together a list of front-runners for the director’s chair. Nevertheless, the report claims that Fox is looking to land a big name, citing Paul Greengrass, David Yates, and even Ron Howard (who is apparently interested in every project currently circling Hollywood) as potential candidates for the gig.

Although the plot details surrounding Landis’ untitled take are currently under wraps, soon you may be able to crack the code simply by process of elimination. As of now, there are several Frankenstein projects in development (no surprise, as the classic tale resides in the public domain) including: playwright David Auburn’s The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein, author Kenneth Oppel’s This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, Sony Pictures’ contemporary version, and the take Guillermo del Toro has been working on at Universal. Davis Entertainment will produce Landis’ version with Fox set to distribute.

Justin Theroux and Will Arnett Speed Up and Reverse Direction for Non-Videogame Adaptation SPACE INVADERS

by Michael Sullivan    Posted: November 17th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

Iron Man 2 and Tropic Thunder writer Justin Theroux is penning a new draft of Space Invaders–not based on the video game. The original spec by Mike Lisbe and Nate Reger is about an astronaut who goes into space to catch his girlfriend in the act of cheating on him with a fellow astronaut. Even better: Will Arnett is attached to star!  Get some of the space madness along with more details about the project after the jump.

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