I, Frankenstein Information

I, Frankenstein is an upcoming 2013 Australian/American horror/thriller film written and directed by Stuart Beattie, based on the graphic novel and original screenplay by Kevin Grevioux. It stars Aaron Eckhart and Bill Nighy.

Plot

Frankenstein's monster, named Adam and having taken the surname of his creator, becomes involved in a war between two immortal clans in an ancient city.

Cast

• Aaron Eckhart as Adam Frankenstein
• Yvonne Strahovski as Terra
• Bill Nighy
• Miranda Otto
• Jai Courtney as Gideon, leader of the Gargoyle army.
• Steve Mouzakis as Helek
• Aden Young as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
• Deniz Akdeniz as Barachel
• Virginie Le Brun as Elizabeth Frankenstein

Production

Kevin Grevioux of Underworld sold the original screenplay to Lakeshore Entertainment in 2010. It is based on his Darkstorm Studios graphic novel of the same name. Lakeshore, an independent Los Angeles production company which also produced the Underworld films, brought Stuart Beattie on board to re-write and direct in early 2011. In November 2011, it was confirmed that filming would take place in Melbourne, Australia, and that Australia's Hopscotch Features would co-produce the film with Lakeshore.

Filming began on February 27, 2012, based at Docklands Studios Melbourne. Filming occurred in Victoria, Australia over a period of ten weeks. The film created over 500 jobs for cast and crew.

It was announced on October 7, 2011 that Aaron Eckhart would play the lead role. Eckhart described his character thus: "Frankenstein is an intelligent, evolved man, and that's how he is portrayed in this movie, for sure." In November 2011, Yvonne Strahovski was cast as the female lead, a scientist working to reanimate the dead, while Miranda Otto was cast as the queen of the gargoyles. Bill Nighy plays the film's villain, whom he described as a "Nasty piece of work; one of the angels descended with Satan." Eckhart and Otto trained for three months with martial arts experts Ron Balicki and Diana Lee Inosanto in the Filipino martial art of Kali for their fight scenes.

The U.S. release was set for February 22, 2013, but five months before then it was moved to September 13, 2013.

Music

The film's score is composed by Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil.