Bodies are moving all over the place as John Landis’ next, the tale of the Edinburgh grave robbers Burke & Hare, has a few additions to its cast and a replacement for the previously reported David Tennant.
Currently stomping all over the place in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll North London’s finest Andy Serkis will replace Tennant and join Simon Pegg as the titular ressurectionists while Tom Wilkinson will bring his own earthy brand of moral duplicity to the role of Knox, who paid for the bodies.
We first reported on this one back in October of last year and it’s one I’m really looking forward, not least because it’s John Landis firmly back in American Werewolf territory, but Serkis and Tom Wilkinson are solid additions to any cast.
I’m going to quote Heat Vision, who broke the news, as they do a fine job of detailing the new arrivals.
Fisher will play Pegg’s girlfriend, an actress looking for a patron who might or might not be an accomplice to the murders.
Wilkinson will play Dr. Robert Knox, an anatomy lecturer looking for fresh corpses.
The movie begins shooting Jan. 31 in Edinburgh and London, bringing Landis back to the scene of his 1981 hit “An American Werewolf in London.
/Film also have word of a nice bit of additional casting, read about that here.
