Original 1996 Island of Dr. Moreau Director Working on New Adaptation

The original conductor of the catastrophic 1996 version ofThe Island of Dr. Moreau , who was quickly dropped by the studio only to see his employment turned into a literal disaster movie , is hoping to return to the task 21 age later . Richard Stanley was unceremoniously dumped by New Line during motion-picture photography , in favor of John Frankenheimer ( Reindeer Games , Ronin ) , and the whole output became the stuff of cinematic lore . But now Stanley is skip to return to his initial visual sensation and do the storey justice .

The Island of DrMoreauis the 1896 novel by author H.G. Wells that is as relevant for its anti - vivisection stance today as it was back then . Two major movies of the history survive already , but Stanley had been working on an update version for some time before set down the project with New Line . After two cult Indie films ( HardwareandDust Devil ) , it was his first major studio film , and he was confronted by the egos of Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer . What followed was a series of so many insurmountable problems that it become the subject of a 2014 docudrama , befuddled somebody : The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley ’s Island of Dr. Moreau , which became a pic festival hit . Once Stanley was replaced by Frankenheimer , many visuals and plot developments were lose and it was a monumental fizzle on all levels . It is now held as a benchmark formovies ruined by behind - the - view drama .

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Since he left the incident behind him , Stanley has filmed only documentary and segments for genre anthology . But in an interview withBirth.Movies.Death.he reveal that plans are afoot for him to return to the project and hopefully film a newfangled adaptation of the report :

" At this stage , I ca n’t say precisely by who , and how long it will take , but the project does live again … We ’re currently scripting and designing the affair . It ’s going to be an all - fresh screenplay and an all - young cast of beast - masses … The final designs of the tool in the Frankenheimer version were disappointing , and I imagine there ’s vast room for improvement . That ’s something I ’ve been sing about with the project ’s backers at some distance … They seem to understand the film a bit better , and recognise that the tool are the stars of the movie , not the man . That was the crucial mistake made in the New Line version … But I ’m ready for it , and I ’m beg that this metre around , it will come out right , and a classical Moreau can ultimately accomplish the screen . “

Although details are shadowy as to who is involved in the growing point at this full stop , Stanley is optimistic that the production will translate into " three feature films or six telly hour . " He is also inexorable that the material would be declarative of an universal gas constant - paygrade as opposed to the PG-13 give to the Brando movie .

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While this seems optimistic at an other phase , those that have seenLost Soulwill know of the huge amount of classifiable design oeuvre and visuals that he has amass over the years , most of which was barely advert upon in the final incarnation of the film . It ’s former days , but it will be captivating to learn if Stanley ’s version will finally be shot , specially as late attempts byLeonardo DiCaprioand theSleepy Hollowcreatorfailed to make it to the covert .