Dead of Night Wraps Up Principal Photography

By Kevin Coll • July 8, 2009
Platinum Studios just announced gothic thriller, Dead of Night wrapped up principal photography today. Based on the world’s best-selling horror comic series, Dylan Dog created by Tiziano Sclavi and published by Italy’s Sergio Bonelli Editore. The comic book series has sold over 56 million units in 17 languages since its debut in 1986.
Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) stars as reluctant paranormal investigator Dylan Dog, who finds himself in a “turf war” between and among the undead, and Sam Huntington who co-stars as Marcus, Dylan’s wise-cracking trusted assistant. Also co-starring are Taye Diggs (TV’s Private Practice) as Vargas, head of the Vampire family, Anita Briem (Journey to the Center of the Earth) as Elizabeth, another potential in the long line of Dylan conquests and Peter Stormare (Constantine), as Wolfgang, the head of the werewolf family.
The film is being directed by Kevin Munroe, whose 2007 re-imagining of TMNT resurrected the billion dollar franchise and the movies is written by Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly (Sahara and Conan).
Besides Dead of Night Platinum Studios is developing Cowboys & Aliens with producers Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer and DreamWorks, Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Kurtzman/Orci (the writing team behind the Transformers franchise and the resurrected Star Trek franchise). Even Robert Downey Jr. is rumored to be attached to the project.
In addition, Platinum is developing with Harry Potter producer David Heyman, Unique at Walt Disney Pictures, Witchblade with Marc Silvestri, Top Cow Productions, Inc. and Arclight Films, Atlantis Rising with DreamWorks, Kurtzman/Orci and director Len Wiseman, and an untitled project at Sony Pictures Animation.
Platinum has a lot of really good projects coming our way and I hope Dead of Night is franchisable. I like the premise and Routh hasn’t done much since his Christopher Reeves impersonation of Superman so it will be interesting
Ref: http://fusedfilm.com/2009/07/dead-of-night-wraps-up-principal-photography/