Munroe Still In The "Dead Of Night"
Tue, January 27, 2009 
A project I have been following since it was announced is Kevin Munroe's Dead of Night.
I had heard that the film was waiting for the financing and since Shock Till You Drop is reporting the film is still going forward, I can only assume said money arrived not too long ago. Good news in my opinion:
"We're hopefully going to New Orleans next week to begin location scouting," Munroe tells us. "Filming will hopefully begin at the end of March. The crew is coming together right now. The script is pretty much done and we started going out to the cast last week. It was fun to start sending it out to the people we think would be right for the film. Everyone is responding to it really well. It's nice to know you're not the only one in the room who thinks it's a great project."
I think this flick is a good fit for Brandon Routh. Shooting up some of the undead will go a long way towards shaking off the typecast that might have come with being Superman.
Of course some on the interwebs believe Routh was selected for the role of Superman simply because his resemblance to Christopher Reeve's Superman.
Well, if you've ever picked up a Dead of Night comic, Brandon sure has a certain resemblance to the character of Dylan Dog.
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The following is from Investor's Hub.com:
The Platinum Gazette January 2009
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT (Brian Altounian)
This week will mark the close of financing and the formal start of pre-production on our feature film, Dead of Night, based on the Italian comic character, Dylan Dog, a project you have all been following through our press releases and SEC filings. Think of the story as a cross between James Bond and Underworld — Dylan is a private investigator who is reluctantly dragged into a fight between zombies, werewolves and vampires. Like most Hollywood film projects, this film has seen many starts and stops. To expedite the process of closing the financing, Platinum Studios has taken over the production entity responsible for producing the film. In a down economy and with banks and other financiers sitting on the sidelines of Hollywood, we think it says a lot about our tenacity and capability that we will soon be in production on our own film from our own IP library, for which we have secured outside, independent financing. We expect to begin principal photography in New Orleans next month, with an anticipated release of Spring 2010. This is very exciting for us.