Matt Reeves and Jacob Estes take on FRANKENSTEIN adaptation THIS DARK ENDEAVOR

Matt Reeves (Let Me In, Cloverfield) has signed on to direct This Dark Endeavor based on a script by Jacob Aaron Estes. Yesterday we reported about The Casebook of Victor Frankensteinadaptation, and now we have some news about Summit's adaptation. According to Deadline, the film will be adapted from the Kenneth Oppel novel This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein. The book is set to be published this summer by Simon & Schuster, and is the first of a series.

The story is about "Frankenstein's gravely ill twin, Konrad. His brother seeks out a mysterious old alchemist to help him produce the Elixir of Life, a serum that will bestow the gift of perpetual health. You can't order this drink at a pub, and Frankenstein sets out on a dangerous adventure to find the elusive contents. He's accompanied by his best friend Elizabeth, who is sweet on Konrad. Things get complicated among the three of them."

Reeves recently signed on to direct the Justin Cronin vampire novel The Passage for Fox 2000, and he's got a deal at Universal to write and direct a film based on the Ray Nelson short story 8 O'Clock in the Morning, about "a man who awakens with the realization that aliens are all over the place and control society." 

I really enjoy the story of Frankenstein and am excited to see this project in the hands of Reeves and Estes. I may be one of the few people that enjoyed Let Me In, and I loved Cloverfield. What are your thoughts on this news?