MTV Movies blog heard from Steve Niles that his youth-oriented Frankenstein update 'Wake the Dead' seems to be moving forward fast with director Jay Russell and F/X house WETA.
"Right now, we're scouting locations," Niles said. "Jay wants the movie to be ready for the next San Diego. WETA is doing the designs, and it looks amazing. And whatever they need me on, I help. Jay runs the treatment by me and I put the story together, so it begins and ends with me, but I don't have to write it."
The comic, published by IDW in the post '30 Days of Night' Niles feeding frenzy, tells of a college med student named Victor doing reanimation experiments in his personal secret lab. He eventually convinces another student to help him revive a campus sports star.
"It's a great opportunity to redesign Frankenstein," Niles said. "Everyone usually riffs on Boris Karloff, and WETA is trying to move past that. ‘How does Frankenstein's lab look?' These are fun problems to have."
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