Have you watched other Frankenstein movies and said to yourself ‘This film does not feature enough scenes of the Monster teleporting.’? Dean Koontz felt the same way, which is why his Frankenstein Monster – called Deucalion – can teleport vast distances using an innate understanding of quantum physics.
Oh yes. It’s all in the Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein Trilogy, aka A Strong Case Against Putting Things In the Public Domain. Set in modern New Orleans, Koontz’s books find Victor Frankenstein immortal and presenting himself to the world as Victor Helios, a real good dude. But some things never change, and old Vic is still meddling with the primal forces of nature. Two homicide detectives team up with the original Monster to put a stop to Vic’s latest schemes.
It’s so stupid it has to be a movie. Or a series of movies. Two veteran producers – including one of the guys behind Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes – are shepherding the project to the screen. They’re excited to give us not one movie but a whole series. And Koontz is cooperating – a fourth book is due soon.
via Variety





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Wasn't that a stupid TV series already!!!
USA already made a movie out of this, but Koontz didn't like the direction they were taking (???!!!) and bailed, so they changed the story a little (probably made it better).
Sounds slightly stupider than I, Frankenstein. Hooray.
Jesus… Can we just skip a-dumb-a-day today because of this article? I read frankenstein this year and it made me yearn for a new black and white version starring Guy Peirce and a gigantic puppet. Fuck this shit, and fuck Del Toro too. I know that's not a popular opinion, but his movies are ass. If he nails The Hobbit, he wins me back, but I doubt it.
Sorry to say but you're wrong on this one, the books rock and any chance to redeem the straight to DVD version that already came out is a GREAT idea. Maybe read them before you start trashing this idea.
I wasn't sure about the forst Koontz Frankenstein book, but the second one was blisteringly retarded in a great way that only me and Paul Verhoeven can possibly understand (I don't even think Koontz realizes how effed-up it is)… and I enjoyed the hell out of it. Really good junk fiction. I mean, it's no Crank (seriously?) but it has its fans.
Koontz is such a terrible writer it boogles the mind.
Wasn't Scorsese briefly involved in the original TV movies?
Boogles!
I think this quote from SFBookcase.com says it all… "Born in 2005, USA. Dean Ray Koontz. Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist”(Rolling Stone ) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around the world and the praise of critics everywhere for tales of character, mystery, and adventure that strike to the core of what it means to be gay."….. really I didn't make this up, he's 5 years old and gay…..http://www.sfbookcase.com/author.asp?author=Dean+Koontz
Quote from a friend, "Dean Koontz is the Thomas Kinkade of Horror Fiction."
My power was out for three days a few weeks ago so I finally got around to reading a Dean Koontz book my brother gave me for Christmas several years ago. It was without a doubt the second worst book I've ever read, the worst being "The Da Vinci Code". It was stupid on so many levels I couldn't believe it. I shed a tear for all of the talented writers that have never nor will ever get published while no-talent hacks like Dean Koontz and Dan Brown rake in millions. What a world.
And like, the monster turns out to be Jesus or something? And, shhhh, scientists have found god's signature on quantum particles, but they're covering it up – not that this has anything to do with the fucking plot!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've always liked Koontz's books but one thing always bugs me. He has some great ideas but has a habit of killing them with lame endings. So with a trilogy we got a whole book worth of naff instead of just the last chapter.
His best book is Strangers. Why can't someone film that?
Phantoms though – that was an OK book (or I thought it was when I was 15). I did like the bit in Family Guy where they knock someone over in Maine and Peter says 'Oh My God are you Stephen King?' – 'No, Dean Koontz' and then proceeds to run him over again.
Koontz has written some fun, schlocky books, but this sounds utterly lame. Sadly, this sounds better than I, Frankenstein. Anybody remember that horrible Wachowski Bros comic book Doc Frankenstein?
"It's so stupid it has to be a movie."
This truly has to be the war cry of most Hollywood these days.
are the Family Guy manatees writing books under the moniker dean koontz? I love the flex abs pose the cover designer chose.. was Fabio busy? Twilight tards found a new monster to get all sweaty over..
Has Dean Koontz ever written a good book? All of his books are the same. I'm a bad-ass cop/ex-cop/ex-SEAL and here are my right-wing opinions! Let's go kill that monster, who seems supernatural but in the end turns out to have a scientific explanation, just like on SCOOBY-DOO. bleh.
Yeah, they did make a TV movie out of it, one of maybe 3 things I have seen Parker Posey act in. And I use the term act loosely. Reminded me of Witchblade, now there was a show that induced gag reflex.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(2004_film)
Is that the real cover and how long before Tyler Lautner is cast?
But but but………?!!! 🙁
But…Affleck was tha bomb in Phantoms, YO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙁
And since he's started to act again can we team him up with Koontz again?
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