Aaron Eckhart To Play a (Sometimes) Shirtless Monster

Here’s the preview for I, Frankenstein, a film based on the unpublished graphic novel of the same name that comes out in January. Because that’s how fast 2013 has gone by; we’re seeing previews for films that come out in January of 2014 now.

This one has Frankenstein updated to be super hero fighter, played by Aaron Eckhart, with all sorts of, what we can possibly assume, are Asian influenced fighting skills which, I mean, sure, why not, at this point? He appears to live in a large, dark metropolis which, I’ll hazard a guess, resembles New York City – although, seeing as this is an Australian/American production – there is bound to be a whole troop of bit part Australian actors who can’t quite maintain an American accent so, in that sense, it could really be set anywhere in the world.

When you think about it, at this point in recent media history, there aren’t too many monsters left that haven’t been reincarnated to death (Ha! Ironic!) so Frankenstein is an inevitability. Anyway, here’s a picture of Aaron Eckhart with his shirt off and with all the scar marks.

And, just for the sake of it, here’s a remarkably homoerotic scene from the 1994 film Frankenstein that features an exceptionally buff Kenneth Branagh slipping around in about 500 gallons of KY Jelly (that’s actually what they used) with the newly animated Frankenstein monster, played by Robert Deniro.

– Charley Flynn.