From the Examiner
Director John Landis announced at this weekend's Spooky Empire convention in Orlando that departing Doctor Who star David Tennant has been cast alongside English actor Simon Pegg in Landis's upcoming film Burke and Hare. If the film's IMDB article is accurate, Pegg will play the role of William Burke while Tennant fills the role of William Hare.
The upcoming film, which appears to be a re-make of the 1972 film by the same name, will dramatize the fascinating and true story behind the Burke and Hare Murders. During their gruesome career the duo allegedly murdered seventeen victims in the hope of making a lucrative business by selling the bodies to the local medical school.
Despite the dark historical subject matter, reports on Landis's interpretation suggest his film will cast the events in the black light of dark comedy. How he will achieve so remains to be seen, but with such star power as Pegg and Tennant, the effort is almost certain to sell well.
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1 comments:
It is interesting to note that David Tennant played "Daft Jamie" in the Doctor Who audio Medicinal Purposes staring Colin Baker which dealt with the Burke and Hare murders.
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