Fox has announced that the new film will be titled Victor Frankenstein, telling the story of the haunted doctor through the eyes of his young assistant Igor. A synopsis has been released, and you can read it below.
Of course there will be some reference to the original films, as Igor does not exist in the books. Daniel Radcliffe is a younger and decidedly more handsome Igor than we're used to, but it's an interesting idea to make him more of an underpaid intern more than a slavishly devoted hunchback. This is probably the worst job ever, no? The interplay between McAvoy and Radcliffe should be a hoot, McAvoy's intensity versus Radcliffe's more mild, intellectual demeanor.
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