Studio:
Universal Pictures.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Whose Voices Are In It:
No one confirmed as yet.
Who's Making It:
Based on characters created by Mary Shelley from her novel Frankenstein.
What Type of Animation:
Computer generated/possibly also traditional.
Premise: The monster who never received a name returns in an animated film.
Release Date: October 31, 2000.
Comments:
There is some confusion over what this project is exactly. See Scoop Feedback for the full story.
Rumors:
Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
[Page draft reanimated by 'Widgett'.]
September 1, 1998... Originally announced in the spring of 1998, news about this project has been slow in trickling down to the 'net. Our best info still comes from the time the project was first announced to the media.
ZENtertainment creator Sean Jordan reported back in April that this film will "pick up where the first film ends." An interesting question to pose is...which first film is that? Shelley's Frankenstein has been filmed multiple times, but we're assuming that Jordan meant the animated film would act as a sequel to the 1931 Universal/James Whale version, not the 1910 Edison/Dawley version or the recent 1994 Branaugh version, among others.
The other question to pose is...pick up what? Dr. Frankenstein is dead and the Monster has disappeared into the wastes of the north, presumably to die himself. It will be interesting to see where they go with this, if it is truly a sequel to a film 67 years old and an animated one to boot. Other sources report that the film will simply be an adaptation of the original novel. And yet another tidbit on ZEN states that the film will be Universal and ILM's first completely CGI movie, whereas other sources report that only parts of the film will be computer-generated.
We were hoping time would clear up some of the mystery surrounding this project but unfortunately it hasn't. Perhaps by posting this page a scooper will come forward to help further our knowledge base.
[Info originally appeared in Zentertainment; forwarded by 'Widgett' b.k.a. Abby Normal]