David Tennant Joining Burke and Hare

After two months or so of waiting, it looks like director John Landis has found someone to starting grave-robbing next to Simon Pegg.

Bloody-Disgusting reports that David Tennant (soon to be exiting Doctor Who and rumored Hobbit candidate) will co-star in Burke and Hare along with the new Scotty.

If you’ll remember this is the horror/comedy chronicling the two 19^th century gents who made a killing (no pun intended) selling corpses to med schools…that they dug up themselves. And later supplied said dead folks the good old fashioned way by murdering people themselves.

The casting is perfectly fine and I’m sure it’ll be something worthwhile. But I have to admit all enthusiasm towards the project went straight to Hell after hearing Landis is one of many Hollywood douchebags jumping on the “Free Roman Polanski!” bandwagon. I’ve long been in the “Judge the art – not the artist!” category.

But goddammit, the idea that someone should be excused for raping a child just because he made a couple of great movies just…pisses me off. And I’m utterly disgusted by those who actually support that fucktard.