Daniel Radcliffe On Fresh Spin Of Frankenstein

Daniel Radcliffe is out promoting the screen version of Joe Hill's 2010 novel Horns. Already available on VOD services in the United States, the film is getting a more traditional release in other countries.

Speaking with Empire Online, Radcliffe talked about his next project director Paul McGuigan’s unique spin on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

In this version of the story--the action is told from the point of view of hunchbacked assistant Igor (Radcliffe) who works for Dr. Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy).

Jessica Brown Findlay will play a trapeze artist saved from an accident by Igor. The pair become close in the aftermath.

Max Landis (“Chronicle”) wrote the script.

John Davis is producing the film.

Radcliffe says that Frankenstein's monster is not really a part of the action:

"The creation of the monster isn't right until the end – you see their attempts at it. Although I'm not sure we're teeing ourselves up for four more movies or anything."

Instead, the movie will deal with the relationship between Victor and Igor, and the issues explored seem to be less about the perversion of science and more about the nature of creation:

"The story this time around is told through his eyes. He's granted more of a story than he has been before. It's an equal partnership where one of them is trying to be dominant, [which is] what separates it from other Frankenstein movies. It's about the nature of creation, in many ways. Victor gives Igor new life at the beginning of the movie, so he can be viewed as my creator, and at what point do you step out of that shadow or continually pay homage to the person who gave his life back."

 The new movie is set to hit theaters on January 16th, 2015.