Dylan Dog Stars Pre-Production

It was (literally) yesterday when director Kevin Munroe confirmed that Dead of Night (his film based on the Italian cult-comic character Dylan Dog being played by Superman Brandon Routh) had finally secured the proper funds to move forward.

Now comes official word from Platinum Studios (the production company behind said film) confirming the project is in fact now moving foward with filming set to commence in the coming months on location in New Orleans:

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.

Good to see this project finally going ahead after multiple stop-and-goes. The idea of Superman (well specifically Routh) fighting vampires and killing zombies sounds just too damn cool to pass up.

We'll keep an eye out for any further developments on this project.

And a special shout-out to our pal Double-Down (over at the Superhero Hype! board) for giving us a heads-up on the news.