The first-ever feature-length film bringing to life Franz Kafka's 1915 tale Metamorphosis is complete, and we have a trailer for you that gives a few sneak peeks at the giant bug around which the story revolves as well as news of where the film will officially premiere.
Metamorphosis is directed by Chris Swanton and stars Chris New, Robert Pugh, Maureen Lipman, Laura Reese and Chloe Howman. The film is scheduled to premiere at the 6th Annual B-Movie Celebration held in Franklin, Indiana, on September 14 and 15.
Fans of Kafka's story will be thrilled to know that director Swanton tried to stay as close to original tale as possible. Dig on the trailer below to get an idea of how Metamorphosis will look on the big screen. Thanks to Avery G. for the tip on this one!
Synopsis
Metamorphosis is the story of a traveling salesman who wakes up one morning after...
Metamorphosis is directed by Chris Swanton and stars Chris New, Robert Pugh, Maureen Lipman, Laura Reese and Chloe Howman. The film is scheduled to premiere at the 6th Annual B-Movie Celebration held in Franklin, Indiana, on September 14 and 15.
Fans of Kafka's story will be thrilled to know that director Swanton tried to stay as close to original tale as possible. Dig on the trailer below to get an idea of how Metamorphosis will look on the big screen. Thanks to Avery G. for the tip on this one!
Synopsis
Metamorphosis is the story of a traveling salesman who wakes up one morning after...
- 6/27/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
One of the great works of world literature is Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, the story of traveling salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed in his bed into an insect-like creature of human proportions. Finally, nearly a century after it was written, Metamorphosis is being brought to cinema screens for the first time.
Here's some info from the Metamorphosis the Movie Facebook page and the official Metamorphosis the Movie website:
Written in a three-week burst at the end of 1912, Kafka’s amazing novella has caught the imagination of generations of readers since its publication in 1915. Yet, apart from various short films, animated versions, and films loosely based on Kafka’s story, there have been only three airings of The Metamorphosis on television over the years: a German production in 1975 (Die Verwandlung), a Swedish version in 1976 (Förvandlingen), and the 1987 television version by the BBC of...
Here's some info from the Metamorphosis the Movie Facebook page and the official Metamorphosis the Movie website:
Written in a three-week burst at the end of 1912, Kafka’s amazing novella has caught the imagination of generations of readers since its publication in 1915. Yet, apart from various short films, animated versions, and films loosely based on Kafka’s story, there have been only three airings of The Metamorphosis on television over the years: a German production in 1975 (Die Verwandlung), a Swedish version in 1976 (Förvandlingen), and the 1987 television version by the BBC of...
- 1/4/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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