Weâve written about Universalâs hoped-for dream casting of Angelina Jolie Pitt in the Bride of Frankenstein remake. Now, Variety cites anonymous sources that the studio would love for Jolie to direct as wellâand actually confirms one bit of news about the film, too: itâll be written by blockbuster veteran David Koepp.
Screenwriter Koepp has worked on Jurassic Park, Sam Raimiâs Spider-Man, Mission: Impossible, Panic Room, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, among others. Heâs also directed films like Stir of Echoes (which he also wrote), and uh, Mortdecai.
The Variety piece goes on to note that Jolie Pitt is waiting to read the script before she commits to the project, and reminds of this tidbit:
The film is part of the studioâs endeavor to expand and unify a network of classic monsters led by narrative architects Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan. Like so many of its current monster movies, plot details are under wraps. âBride of Frankensteinâ is set in the present day in order for the filmâs characters to have cross-over capabilities with other monster movies.
If a mega-star like Jolie Pitt comes aboard, will she get more screen time than Elsa Lanchester did in the 1935 James Whale original? And howâs Koepp gonna write a modern Dr. Pretorious? Weâll be keeping an eye on this one for sure.
