The ILM-UNIVERSAL FRANKENSTEIN gets Greenlit

Alright folks. We have heard that ILM has been working on some sort of FRANKENSTEIN all CGI film. (that means computer animation. I know that sounds pretentious folks, but I will get letters about that) I’ve heard it is amazing work. But guess what, UNIVERSAL has given the go ahead on the project. The greenlight is on for “FRANKENSTEIN AND THE WOLFMAN”

WHOA!!!! What the hell!!! I swear to friggin god that is the word. I’ve had 6 separate sources over 2 weeks now tell me that’s the title. Now I’m completely friggin confused. I’m stunned. I love the old FRANKENSTEIN VS THE WOLFMAN. Maria Ouspenskaya was a marvel to behold. Patric Knowles.... A distant relative in some sort of imaginary universe of mine.

Now the question is this. How is this going to look. Will it be photorealistic? If so, are they using the Jack Pierce designs, and the faces of Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr? The busts do exist for scanning purposes. Has UNIVERSAL contacted the Karloff, Chaney and Lugosi estates? If they have, if they paid for them... MY GOD this could be cool. Don’t get me wrong, this could be cool anyway, but with those designs.... a FRANZ WAXMAN-style score by DANNY ELFMAN.... Talk about a friggin wet dream... Man, that’d be cool.

But you can see why I need details... why we need details... This has the potential to be the most ass-whuppingly cool project this side of anything. The UNIVERSAL monsters brought back to life... wow. Shivers...

Although I could hear some purists talking about the images of Karloff, Lugosi and Chaney and saying, “WE BELONG DEAD”. True, if they screw this up... well it could be a sacrilege. If they attempt to cheat the estates of the great monsters... Anger. But heck, it just took a little bit of goading from Harlan Ellison to get Robert Bloch’s widow some money for PSYCHO, so surely UNIVERSAL would do the same. Because let’s face it, the Jack Pierce designs, and those cheek bones... well, it’s classic. I can just see them Universal skies, the dead trees, the cobblestone streets, the mobs of torch waving and farm implement waving peons.... Wow. This could be soooooooooooo cooooool!!! Let’s hope. Let’s pray. And if you know ANYTHING, drop me a line. I’m dying to hear everything on this one.