Joining Sean Bean for The Frankenstein Chronicles will be faces from Game Of Thrones, Doctor Who, Peaky Blinders and more...
In case you need reminding, The Frankenstein Chronicles is a six-part period-set crime drama currently in production at Rainmark Films, for the eventual destination of ITV.
We already know that the mighty Sean Bean will play Inspector John Marlott, who will be in pursuit of ‘a chilling and diabolical foe,’ who – at a long shot - might just be Frankenstein or his monster, we reckon.
Now, ITV has revealed the expanded cast including some stellar names from much-loved TV shows. Among them are some geek-friendly names like Kate Dickie (Lysa Arryn in Game Of Thrones), Patrick Fitzsymons (Reginald Lannister in Game Of Thrones), Ryan Sampson (who played smarmy teen genius Luke in Doctor Who’s The Sontaran Strategem), Charlie Creed-Miles (Billy Kimber of Peaky Blinders), Ed Stoppard (Lemay in The...
In case you need reminding, The Frankenstein Chronicles is a six-part period-set crime drama currently in production at Rainmark Films, for the eventual destination of ITV.
We already know that the mighty Sean Bean will play Inspector John Marlott, who will be in pursuit of ‘a chilling and diabolical foe,’ who – at a long shot - might just be Frankenstein or his monster, we reckon.
Now, ITV has revealed the expanded cast including some stellar names from much-loved TV shows. Among them are some geek-friendly names like Kate Dickie (Lysa Arryn in Game Of Thrones), Patrick Fitzsymons (Reginald Lannister in Game Of Thrones), Ryan Sampson (who played smarmy teen genius Luke in Doctor Who’s The Sontaran Strategem), Charlie Creed-Miles (Billy Kimber of Peaky Blinders), Ed Stoppard (Lemay in The...
- 1/22/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
David Twohy goes from the world of Riddick to the world of time travel for his new thriller...
David Twohy's career first took off thanks to his writing, with his name on the screenplay credits for the likes of The Fugitive, Waterworld, Critters 2, Warlock and, er, G.I. Jane. His directorial breakthrough, however, came at his third attempt, Having steered films such as Disaster In Time and The Arrival (which itself isn't too bad), it was Pitch Black where everything clicked. It remains the best film he's directed to date (although we have a soft spot for A Perfect Getaway, which we talked about when chatting about whether star names ruin modern thrillers, here).
Twohy, following last year's latest Riddick film with Vin Diesel, is now circling a new time travel movie, which goes by the name of Replay. It's being funded by Relativity, and is based on the...
David Twohy's career first took off thanks to his writing, with his name on the screenplay credits for the likes of The Fugitive, Waterworld, Critters 2, Warlock and, er, G.I. Jane. His directorial breakthrough, however, came at his third attempt, Having steered films such as Disaster In Time and The Arrival (which itself isn't too bad), it was Pitch Black where everything clicked. It remains the best film he's directed to date (although we have a soft spot for A Perfect Getaway, which we talked about when chatting about whether star names ruin modern thrillers, here).
Twohy, following last year's latest Riddick film with Vin Diesel, is now circling a new time travel movie, which goes by the name of Replay. It's being funded by Relativity, and is based on the...
- 11/3/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
James Clayton argues the case for spending more time with some supporting characters, crying out for a movie of their own...
Moviemakers and film studios produce movies. Said movies are then shipped to theatres around the globe. Paying audiences then turn up to watch these movies and some of them are very popular and take in a lot of money at the box office. Some of them, in fact, take in obscene amounts of money at the box office.
Moviemakers and film studios like it when the pictures they've produced turn out to be box office hits and bring in obscene amounts of money. The next natural step is obvious - milk the cult cashcow for all its worth to give cinemagoers more of what they like and simultaneously yield the inevitable enormous profits.
Sequels - and threequels and prequels and obliquels - are the standard, most obvious means of achieving this.
Moviemakers and film studios produce movies. Said movies are then shipped to theatres around the globe. Paying audiences then turn up to watch these movies and some of them are very popular and take in a lot of money at the box office. Some of them, in fact, take in obscene amounts of money at the box office.
Moviemakers and film studios like it when the pictures they've produced turn out to be box office hits and bring in obscene amounts of money. The next natural step is obvious - milk the cult cashcow for all its worth to give cinemagoers more of what they like and simultaneously yield the inevitable enormous profits.
Sequels - and threequels and prequels and obliquels - are the standard, most obvious means of achieving this.
- 8/7/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Feature James Clayton 20 Sep 2013 - 06:48
In the wake of the controversy over Ben Affleck's role as Batman, James wades into the issue of casting concerns...
Naomi Watts is Princess Diana. Once upon a time this - the casting and the very existence of Oliver Hirschbiegel's film biopic Diana - would have generated tremendous amounts of controversy. It would have been huge news, creating the same amount of hoopla that greets the announcement of a fresh Spider-Man or Batman reboot and the subsequent re-casting of the Peter Parker or Bruce Wayne role. Instead, my Spidey-senses and Bat-devices detect only a few indifferent ripples.
There's not much to shout about here. Instead, it's a shrug, and that's partly due to the passage of time (Diana has been dead over 15 years) and partly due, I reckon, to the fact that audiences have had their fill of flicks about aristocrat Brits.
In the wake of the controversy over Ben Affleck's role as Batman, James wades into the issue of casting concerns...
Naomi Watts is Princess Diana. Once upon a time this - the casting and the very existence of Oliver Hirschbiegel's film biopic Diana - would have generated tremendous amounts of controversy. It would have been huge news, creating the same amount of hoopla that greets the announcement of a fresh Spider-Man or Batman reboot and the subsequent re-casting of the Peter Parker or Bruce Wayne role. Instead, my Spidey-senses and Bat-devices detect only a few indifferent ripples.
There's not much to shout about here. Instead, it's a shrug, and that's partly due to the passage of time (Diana has been dead over 15 years) and partly due, I reckon, to the fact that audiences have had their fill of flicks about aristocrat Brits.
- 9/19/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Feature James Clayton 6 Sep 2013 - 06:25
In light of Richard Curtis' time-travel rom-com About Time, James looks at a few other temporal romance movies...
(Note: this column contains mild spoilers for some films about time travel and the writer of this article is worried about causing catastrophic ripple effects with his advance knowledge of things that have not yet been experienced. If you find any traumatic spoilers and are offended by them simply let the author know and provide precise, exact details and he'll happily travel back to the period in which he was typing the piece and adjust accordingly.)
(Note 2: the author has already travelled back 16 times to re-edit this column to appease picky readers. Please stop asking him to do this and leave him alone so he can use his time travel powers for fun things like hanging out with Nikola Tesla, participating in the Punic...
In light of Richard Curtis' time-travel rom-com About Time, James looks at a few other temporal romance movies...
(Note: this column contains mild spoilers for some films about time travel and the writer of this article is worried about causing catastrophic ripple effects with his advance knowledge of things that have not yet been experienced. If you find any traumatic spoilers and are offended by them simply let the author know and provide precise, exact details and he'll happily travel back to the period in which he was typing the piece and adjust accordingly.)
(Note 2: the author has already travelled back 16 times to re-edit this column to appease picky readers. Please stop asking him to do this and leave him alone so he can use his time travel powers for fun things like hanging out with Nikola Tesla, participating in the Punic...
- 9/5/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Feature James Clayton 16 Aug 2013 - 07:28
The arrival of Kick-Ass 2 is a reminder of how comic book artists and creators have become movie industry royalty, James writes...
I like to think that the following happened on a daily basis during the filming of Kick-Ass 2 - all cast and crew members signalled their arrival on set by announcing, "I've come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum."
If no one actually did take the opportunity to make a tenuous title-based association and quote Roddy Piper's best line in They Live, it's a damn shame. If Kick-Ass 3 happens, someone (everyone) involved can start this motivational ritual/repeat film reference in-joke when shooting begins on that sequel. In advance, you're welcome.
Leaving John Carpenter homages to one side and returning to hard work on the Kick-Ass 2 set, two figures who hung around a...
The arrival of Kick-Ass 2 is a reminder of how comic book artists and creators have become movie industry royalty, James writes...
I like to think that the following happened on a daily basis during the filming of Kick-Ass 2 - all cast and crew members signalled their arrival on set by announcing, "I've come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum."
If no one actually did take the opportunity to make a tenuous title-based association and quote Roddy Piper's best line in They Live, it's a damn shame. If Kick-Ass 3 happens, someone (everyone) involved can start this motivational ritual/repeat film reference in-joke when shooting begins on that sequel. In advance, you're welcome.
Leaving John Carpenter homages to one side and returning to hard work on the Kick-Ass 2 set, two figures who hung around a...
- 8/15/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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