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Matt Reeves And Jacob Estes Take On Summit’s Frankenstein Film

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 24, 2011 @ 1:43pm PDTTags: Jacob Aaron Estes, Kenneth Oppel, Mary Shelley, Matt Reeves, Summit Entertainment, This Dark Endeavor
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Let Me In director Matt Reeves has been signed to direct This Dark Endeavor, with Mean Creek writer/helmer Jacob Aaron Estes writing the script for Summit Entertainment. Deadline told you yesterday about a batch of films based on the Mary Shelley Frankenstein novel. Summit just took a step forward in this contest. The film is based on the Kenneth Oppel novel This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein. It will be published this summer by Simon & Schuster, the first of a series.

In the Oppel novel, Frankenstein’s twin Konrad is gravely ill. His brother seeks out a mysterious old alchemist to help him produce the Elixir of Life, a serum that will bestow the gift of perpetual health. You can’t order this drink at a pub, and Frankenstein sets out on a dangerous adventure to find the elusive contents. He’s accompanied by his best friend Elizabeth, who is sweet on Konrad. Things get complicated among the three of them. READ MORE »

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Summit Books Frankenstein Origin Tale ‘This Dark Endeavor’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 1, 2011 @ 10:10am PSTTags: Book-to-Movie, Guillermo Del Toro, Karen Rosenfelt, Kenneth Oppel, Mary Shelley, Movie Deals, Movies, Summit Entertainment, This Dark Endeavor
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Summit Entertainment has acquired screen rights to This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, a novel by Kenneth Oppel. Summit’s Twilight Saga producer Karen Rosenfelt is aboard to produce. The novel will be published by Simon & Schuster in the summer. The action … Read More »

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