Warner Bros Planning New Adaptation Of ‘The Island Of Dr Moreau’

September 7th, 2013

Kriston McConnell

According to an exclusive press release by Deadline.com, Warner Bros have set into motion a plan to make another new adaptation of H.G. Wells’ book, The Island Of Dr Moreau. The latest adaptation will take a contemporary view on the novel – crafting a sci-fi film that will focus on an ecological message. You can read a brief excerpt about Warner Bros’ latest undertaking below.

“Warner Bros is going back to The Island Of Dr. Moreau. The studio and Appian Way partners Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran have set Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy to pen a contemporary re-imagining of H.G. Wells’ classic novel. The intention is to make it a sci-fi film with a topical ecological message. Appian Way will produce with Mad Hatter Entertainment’s Michael Connolly.”

The full article is available right here. We will be sure to let you know once more details are released about the movie.