For directing one of the biggest bombs of 2010, Matt Reeves is certainly getting signed to a surprising number of projects. I love the guy for Cloverfield, but as great as the technical execution for Let Me In was, I agree with audiences, who thought it was pretty unnecessary. I’m eager to hear the next project for the talented up-and-coming director though. As we reported he was attached to an adaptation of Ray Nelson‘s sci-fi short story 8 O’Clock in the Morning, as well as an adaptation of Justin Cronin‘s hit vampire novel, The Passage. Deadline now reports another project he has been signed to.
He will team with Mean Creek‘s Jacob Aaron Estes for This Dark Endeavor. Based on the Kenneth Oppel novel This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, which gets published this summer, the story follows “Frankenstein’s twin Konrad who gravely ill and his brother, who 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.”
Out of all these projects, I’m most interested in 8 O’Clock in the Morning. Give me aliens over vampire & Frankenstein films any day. As for Estes, he recently directed The Details, starring Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (our review here) and The Weinstein Company picked it up for a hefty $7.5 million. Expect a late 2011 or 2012 release and hopefully we’ll hear exactly what Reeves next film will be soon.
Which project do you want to see Reeves direct next?