Pegg, Serkis In New Historical Serial Killer Comedy

Here's a movie I wouldn't mind seeing: Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson, and Isla Fisher in a horror comedy directed by John Landis. The Hollywood Reporter says that Burke and Hare is based on the UK's first serial killers, predating Jack the Ripper by about 60 years. Well, that sure sounds like the basis for a comedy, doesn't it? The story goes that in the 1820s, the two Irish immigrants and gravediggers began a killing spree for profit, selling the bodies of their 17 victims to an anatomy instructor who would then use the corpses in his lectures. Ghoulish, but with Pegg and Serkis as the graverobbers it could be very, very fun. Of course, Landis has a history with slightly askew horror, but he hasn't made a good film in who knows how long. Coming to America? Probably the most memorable film he's made in 25 years. Oh wait - Blues Brothers 2000. Forgot about that classic. OK, so maybe he wouldn't be your first choice now, almost 30 years after American Werewolf in London, but the project has attracted plenty of the right people outside of Landis. The script is by Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft, best known for their St. Trinian's movies, and I'm willing to stay optimistic about this one because it's such an odd take on a dark tale and the thought of Pegg and Serkis together is hard to pass up.

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[Mscott]

If Simon Pegg is in it then count me IN!!!!!!! Woot!