Source: ComingSoon.net |  DarkstormStudios.com |  ShockTillYouDrop.com

ComingSoon.Net is reporting that Screenwriter/actor Kevin Grevioux and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans director Patrick Tatopoulos will be bringing the comic-books series I, Frankenstein to the big screen. It’ll be produced by  Robert Sanchez and Chris Patton for Death Ray Films and the project’s associate producer and co-developer will be ShockTillYouDrop‘s managing editor Ryan Turek.

I’ve never heard of this comic-book series (apparently it’s not even out yet as a comic), but the description has it sounding like sort of a dark film-noir with the Frankenstein Monster functioning to the point where he is a private investigator in a city called “Darkhaven,” and this place includes other famous “monsters” like the Invisible Man, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and Dracula (as a crime kingpin!)

I am a die-hard fan of the Universal Studios Monster movies of the 30s and 40s. This will put a new dark spin on these characters that has me very intrigued! A quote from Producer Chris Patton below tells me that this is really going to be something that is really going to satisfy my Monster fanboy cravings:

“This is not a campy make over, the horror and suspense that Kevin has built into this new concept is perfect for today’s audience. Over the past few decades the studios haven’t given these monsters the respect that they deserve. This film will remind you why these childhood frights will always reign as the king of nightmares.”

You can read the announcement here, and a full interview at ShockTillYouDrop.com with Kevin Grevioux here.