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There's never been a better time for horror television shows, and now TNT is jumping on the bandwagon, developing a series based on Dean Koontz's Frankenstein books. Much like the recent report of the adaptation of Guillermo del Toro's Strain books into a TV show, Frankenstein is also coming full circle, having initially been written as a potential TV series but ending up as only a 2004 made-for-TV movie on the USA network starring Vincent Perez and Parker Posey and directed by Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th). When it wasn't picked up as a full series, Koontz turned the story into a series of books -- five and counting.
Veteran screenwriter James V. Hart (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Contact, Hook, Sahara) will pen the script, about the 200-year-old rivalry between Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creation, which spills over (violently) in modern-day New Orleans.
Source: Deadline
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The made for tv movie wasn’t terrible, however the continuance of the series of books went into an uncontrolled tailspin, ending in a confused fairytale ending that made me wonder why Mr. Koontz didn’t quit while he was ahead.
I’m afraid that this series will be one the likes of which that one will shortly be able to purchase as a two disc set in the five-dollar bin at wally world.