David Koepp remains to be engaged on ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’.
The 57-year-old screenwriter revealed that he nonetheless has a plan for the horror flick, which had initially been set to be a part of Universal’s Dark Universe earlier than the thought was pulled after ‘The Mummy’ flopped on the field workplace.
However, David insists that his film might be on a smaller scale than the unmade venture, which Bill Condon was set to direct and had Angelina Jolie in talks to star within the lead function.
Koepp informed Collider: ”It’s not the good huge, $150 million extravaganza with large film stars.
”It’s not as scaled down as ‘Invisible Man’ however a way more affordable, doable factor, with, I feel, a extremely cool concept and it is all current day.”
David – whose earlier credit embody ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Mission: Impossible’ – has been engaged on a narrative for the film throughout lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.
He defined: ”That was one factor I did throughout quarantine – I introduced again ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ into a spot the place I form of at all times wished it to be.
”Universal was very gracious to let me strive once more. Because that they had equipped and shut down famously within the Dark Universe fiasco. Well, not fiasco, however disappointment.
”So I’ve a model now and so they have a model that all of us actually like. I feel they’re speaking to administrators now.”
David additionally revealed that he ”admired” Universal for scrapping the Dark Universe after the primary film did not go as deliberate.
He mentioned: ”Not all concepts work out.
”To their credit score, what I actually admired about Universal is that they threw their arms up and went, ‘Hold on. This is not understanding. Let’s cease and suppose for a 12 months or two.’
”I believed that was actually sensible. And huge firms do not usually do this. There aren’t numerous New Coke moments the place they go, ‘This is just not as we hoped. We’re going to cease and go off on this different course.”’
